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An  Exhaustive  Description  and  Full  Information 
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HOW   TO  GET   THERE. 


Distance  by  trail  from  Juneau  to  Yukon  (lOld  I'icUls,  .         .        650  miles. 

Distance  by  Yukon  River  from  its  mouth  to  Gold  Fields,  .  1,850  miles. 

Cliilk(x)l  I'iiss — I'.lcvalioii,  3,S<h)  feci;  perilous  tiecause  of  violciU  snow  storms. 


For  tlic  liind  trip  by  way  of  Juneau  and  tlie  Cliilko  )t  Pa--s  all  i>  itlitting  should  l)e  done 
at  Seattle,  where  aiu|)lo  supplies  and  implements  for  miners  are  kept  in  stock.  The  steamer 
Excelsior  will  sail  from  San  Franeis'-o  for  Davvson  1 'ity  and  Yukon  Point  about  August  1, 
and  the  Portland  will  sail  al>  "Ui:  .Viigust  15.  Xo  l;iter  s  ding:^  have  been  announced.  This 
route  is  advised  by  the  returned  miners  for  those  who  want  to  reach  the  ground  in  time  to 
ac(iuire  claims  and  get  to  work  before  winter  seis  in. 

TIME   AND   MO.NKY    RF.ijUIRED. 

The  trip  by  steamer  takes  fmm  I'our  fo  six  weeks,  and  the  fare  for  tlireo  thousand  miles 
of  river  travel  is  ^\W  first  il  is-i.  and  '$\l~t  sei-ond  class.  .\.<  nearly  all  the  work  of  thawing 
out  the  fro/.en  gravel  beds  and  of  pdiug  U|)  tho  'lirt  f  )r  s])riiig  i-,  do:ie  during  the  winter,  those 
who  are  in  a  hurry  to  join  the  golil  seekers  wdl  doubtless  try  to  go  by  tlie  river  route,  but 
jiractic  illy  all  the  passengers  on  the  two  boats  advertised  have  been  taken,  and  the  rest  of  the 
rush  must  go  in  by  Juneau. 

Ice  begins  to  block  the  mouth  of  the  Yukon  in  October,  and  closes  the  river  route 
until  Jime. 

The  journey  by  (Mdlkoot  Pas-!  may  b?  begun  as  late  as  S-'ptember  15,  while  spring 
travel  by  the  other  route  begins  February  15. 

One  of  the  pis-en^ers  nn  tlie  Excelsior  said  ilia''  boats  are  built  at  the  saw  mill  on  Lake 
Bennett,  and  for  land  or  ic  •  portages  are  mounted  on  s!ed'.;ts  carried  in  from  Ju.ieau  and 
titled  with  sails.     As  to  provisions  necessiry  for  the  trip  to  Klondike,  he  said  : 

"  Bear  fat  is  the  staple  article  of  food  in  the  winter  in  that  region."  said  Mr.  Harden- 
bergh.  "The  Iii'lians  will  eat  tallow  candles  iind  aiij'  i-oit  of  f  ft  or  giciise  tliey  can  get.  The 
black  bears  are  very  numerous,  but  it  takes  experienced  hunters  to  g.^t  them.  They  are  not 
much  more  dangerous  than  Newfoundland  dogs  unles-  they  are  wounded  and  driven  to 
bay. 

Carihou  are  plentiful  above  snow  line  in  the  mountains,  and  there  are   lots  of  geese 
on  the  mountain  plaitis,  hut  they  are  not  e  sy  to  1  ag. 

"  A  man  in  that  cold  climate  shou'd  have  at  least  three  piun  Is  of  food  a  day.  If  he 
is  an  old  hand  he  will  lay  in  a  stock  of  fa'  bacon,  beans,  fl')ur  and  te  '.  Everything  else  isa 
luxury.  Canne  I  stuflf,  witli  the  exception  of  condersed  .soup,  is  of  stuall  use.  it  weiglis  a  lot 
and  doesn't  last  long.  Sugar  weighs  a  sood  d-'al  and  doesn't  last  long.  It's  not  wortn  pack- 
ing.    Everyone  drinks  tea  up  there,  and  hardly  any  c  )tfee  is  used. 

"  A  man  going  into  that  country  to  pass  the  winter  needs  a  pair  of  the  heaviest  Hudson 
Bay  socks,  the  heaviest  Hudson  Bay  woolen  imderwear,  heavy  II u  .son  Ray  blanket  breeches. 
s°alskin  boots,  a  thick  Norfolk  jncket  reaching  to  the  knees,  t'le  heavies-t  woolen  outer  cloth- 
ng,  all  the  blankets  he  cm  pay  for  packing,  aid  a  ::leeping  big.    The  bag  has' a  drawing 


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siring,  iini  ymi 
liri'iitliiut'  lioh'. 

'•  Yo'i  (inri'i  carry  two  s;iits  (if  uiidiMcIothing.  It  is  U><)  v  )U\  to  rlia'  gc.  When  a  man 
on 'e  puts  o  I  liin  hi' ivy  V  oo  I'll  until  iclniliing  it  stays  on  all  tiio  winter.  Of  coiiise  he  vmii- 
iiot  lia'lie 

"'I'lic  prospi  ctor  must  c  irry  in  a  i  iek,  i-hovel,  axe  goM  pan,  \Vii;eh  st^■r  ritle  ami  iiiii 
luunit'i*'',  aiiil  a  gnod  Ijiil'lit-r  knle. 

'•Till'  liicliaiiH  clmrt;!'  In  cents  a  )  oiind  a  st  igc  for  pnckint;.  A  singe  is  aliout  n  (l«>'s 
journey.  Say  a  man  taUe-i  in  oOO  iiomihIs  — he  will  neeil  it  all— it  will  (osi  liiiii  ;j!50  a  day  lo:' 
packing.     A  day's  trip  is  usual. y  a'.ioiit  lifteeii  miles. 

'•  It  is  iitteily  impos-ihle  "to  m:ike  the  jouniey  in  th'>  w  iriter  after  the  snow  falls. 
I     •' I  slionM  say  tliat  after  a  man  reaclie-i  ilie  digging-,  the   chances  are  aliouc  three  to 
one  agiiiist  his  making  anything  luit  a  'lare  living." 

AI.l.   CLAIMS    I'AY   HANDSOMK.I.Y. 

"  I  do  not  know  in  the  whole  Klon  like  region  a  claim  that  has  not  paid  handsomely, 
and  there  are  still  hundreds  of  claims  ilial  h:ive  not  heen  worked. 

"In  testing  a  claim,  the  prosp^'ctnr  sinks  ti  h  ile.  say  lifioen  feet,  and  then  trys  a  jian  of 
dirt.  If  a  jiay  streak  has  heen  readied,  he  Imilds  a  lire  around  the  entire  circle,  allowing  it  to 
iourn  througli  the  night.  Next  morn'iig  tliere  is  enough  loose  dirl  to  keep  a  Kjuad  of  men 
busy  all  (lay.     This  dirt  is  not  washeil  out  until  spring. 

'•  Dawson  City  is  one  of  tin'  mo-t  moral  towns  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  There  is  little 
or  no  quarreling,  and  no  brawl-;  (,f  anj-  kind,  tlMii;.;h  there  i  <  c  insid-rable  drinking  and  gam- 
bling. Miners  gatht  rafter  nightfall,  fillaii'l  play  until  late  in  the  nioriiing.  They  have  some 
big  gaims  sometimes,  costing  as  mtich  as  ^."iO  to  draw.  A  game  with  sfU'.OOO  as  stakes  is  an 
ordinary  event. 

"  Circle  City,  only  few  mile-s  away,  has  m  lil  once  ea'-h  mon  h,  and  there  we  have  mail 
address!  (1.  By  next  season  wo  will  have  a  clinrch,  a  music  hali.  a  schoidhoutie.  iind  a  hospital. 
The  last-mentioned  institution  will  he  under  conirol  of  the  Sisters  of  Mercy,  who  have 
already  heen  stationed  for  a  long  time  in  Circle  Ciiy." 

As  many  as  !I00  jieople  applied  to  the  Alaskn"  Commercial  Company  uji  to  July  19  for 
information  in  regard  to  the  jiassage  by  way  of  S>.  Michael  and  Yukon  river,  hut  only  fifty 
tickets  have  been  sold.  The  North  Anicriciin  Comjiany  have  not  soli  any  tickets  yetT  Ex- 
perts who  have  traveled  over  the  Juneau  r()ute  declare  that  it  is  a  sl'.ame  to  induce  Ea-<tern 
people  to  come  out  here  and  go  over  that  route  to  the  Klondike  mines  at  this  season. 

\Vli(>n  the  snow  is  off  t'le  ground  no  one  can  carry  more  than  seventy-five  pounds,  and 
it  is  uttprly  iniiio8?ible  to  carry  food  enough  to  maintain  a  m;in  for  more  than  two  or  thrte 
months.  The  Indians  are  also  few  in  luunber,  and  not  tol  e  dejiended  upon  in  any  emergency, 
for  after  they  have  made  a  little  money  they  will  r.ot  do  any  additional  work. 

For  the  last  three  Vfars  several  local  and  Eng  isii  comiianies  have  l.ee'i  studying  the 
l;iy  of  the  land  between  Chilkat  and  Cic'eCity  with  a  view  to  est  iblishing  a  (luick-r  .-in.! 
more  practicable  way  of  transportaiion  to  the  gold  liells  along  the  Yukon.  Cooilall,  Perkms 
<&  Co.  have  made  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  m  itter.  Capt.  Ciiarles  M.  (joodall  said 
to-day : 

"  The  rich  find  in  the  Klonlike  district  will  probably  r-^sult  in  some  better  means  of 
transportation,  though  the  roughness  of  the  country  and  the  liinit-'d  open  season  will  n  it 
jus  ify  anybody  in  building  a  railroad  for  any  distance.  Kecently  we  sent  several  hindred 
Bheep'aiid'cattfe  to  June;iu,  and  fr  mi  there  to  the  h"ad  of  navigation  by  the  ste.imer  Alki. 
Mr.  Dalton,  who  discovered  the  tr.til  across  the  country  from  the  Chilkat  river  to  Fort  Sel- 
kirk. i^  taking  live  stock  to  the  mine  ■.  His  route  lies  fro  ii  the  head  of  navigati'm  through 
Chilkat  Pass  and  along  the  trail,  which  is  over  pr  ilrie  several  luindre;!  milej,  to  the  Yukon 
river,  near  Fort  Selkirk.  At  this  time  of  year  the  prairie  is  clear  and  bunch  grass  grows  on  it 
in  abundance. 

"I  believe  this  will  u'timately  be  the  popilar  route.  People  could  C;o  o'.-er  in  in  wig- 
ons,  as  the  prairie  is  level.     Stations  could  be  established,  ai  was  done  on  our  plains  in  "49. 


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flui'  K*'-     When  II  run  11 
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I'.rli  stT  ritle  anil  jiiii 

^tngf  is  about  n   dajV 
OS!-  |iim  150  a  day  !(>:• 

till*  siu(\v  falls. 
Vi  mv  uliuiu  iliree  to 


not  paitl  liandsoniely, 

and  tlit>n  trys  a  pan  of 
re  cir(!le,  allowing  it  to 
keep  a  s(|uad  of  men 

world.  There  is  little 
)le  drinking  and  gam- 
iiiiiK.    'I'liej- have  Honio 

!?U',000  as  stakes  is  an 

nd  liiere  we  have  mail 

Ihoutie.  and  a  lirv-pital. 

of  Slercy,  wlio  havt 

)any  uj)  to  July  19  fur 
>n  river,  liut  only  fifty 
1  any  tickets  yetT  E.\- 
ime  to  induce  Eastern 
at  this  season, 
.•enty-five  pounds,  and 
ore  than  two  or  tlirte 
p.jn  in  any  emergency. 
1  work. 

lave  l.e(>'i  studying  the 
ilishing  a  (piick^r  .(ri.l 
Lon.  tjooilall,  Perkins 
arles  M.  (ioodall  said 

some  bett'i^r  means  of 
open  season  will  n  it 
■  sent  sevdral  h  itidred 
hy  the  ste.imer  A!ki. 
Ikiit  river  to  Fort  8el- 
)f  iiavigati'in  through 
1  milej,  to  the  Yukiin 
inch  grass  grows  on  it 

uld  go  over  in  in  wig- 
•  on  our  plains  in  "49. 


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nrurie.  a  r  uli-oiu  over  t,.»  ...>...-.  ..oni     >«^  "  r;  J^,„,^,i  from  tlu'  Uritish  (iovcrnmei  t 
H..VKn,.i-hc,un|.mv,  CO  icessiiins  would   '"^^'  "^ '  '  f..^  .h  .\mv  on  the  boundary  hetween  the 


A  S=ien.U.'s  R«po,.  about  .he  Clim.te,  FacilWes  fo,  W,  Etc 


The 


e   not   iu  AlasKa;i  ^'^"'  ."'^j;,,,,  i^k'e  r  ver,  which  lum 
rthwest  Territories.     The  Kl on  1  kt  i  ve  , 


provinces,  in  wlI^uTsku^^n^UieN^thwes^^ 

fc:;^^^';a;?i^m"he  biX  ^iw^^  S-^'^^^  -;'\;Si  >  a  very  su..ll  one.  and  theg>ia 


tield.  is  f  om  Ohilk<.ot  Inlet.     S^euners  run  ' '•;>''^  ^.  "^^,,';    ,\k '.  is  aboat  .V))  miles.    To  read 


To  reach 

•earns* 

is 


The  country  is  a  rolling  one.  "''^'^.'^^^^f  ^^.^  .''^^•ouths,  with  practically  no  spring  or 
There  is  a  shoit,  hot  sum'uei,  ot   a'^^^V  n!.,  t  ^Iiv 'ii  and  navigUiou  corumeucea 
au  uinu     The  i  -e  begins  to  break  up  lu  the  "^jf '.^.'^^^ '  .J^l^^t  ;^,v  cool  hf  the  latter  part  o 
on  the  Yukon  about  the  first  week  lu  J^»^   J  ,  !  ^^  ^'   l5,t,y,.er.    The  winter  i.  very  co  d 
September,  and  is  almost  ^vrnte^-veat  lei    by  th^   i  t  o^  _^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^  i„„„     „f  rainfall 

Zvi  drv   with  nofi  more  than  three  teetot  snow.  _l  ^  ^.^^^.  around, 

du  in^  the  winter,  and  not  more  than  a  f'?"^'^';'^  L'^f'^od  as  there  in  praetically  no  game 
^^"'  '^.  It  is  a  country  in  which  it  •«  very  bar  ij;^  ^^^.-^^/.o";',  ,^  tha  i  M)  natives.     T.iey  ha  I 
Before  the  whites  went  into  the  r,'giou  tleie  nn  ere  "  « 
E  w  n-kto  support  themselves  on  account  «/      f  ^^'i^/^^^^ree^s  below  zero  in  January  ami 

H^irS^Sr^r^rsXri^l^^  rpt^ad'blowiu^ae  may  keep  fairly  com- 
""'      -^  iitbeinztakenout  in  profit- 


^"'^'^' •  Wh3a  I  w  IS  on  th3  Yukon  I  did  uot  Had  gold,  but  k.e w  o 


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able  quantities  for  fifteen  years  or  more.  It  was  tir.tdiscovend  tliere  in  ISfiO.  In  1880   wlien  I 
was  up  .n  tl.at  oountry.  my  la>t  triv,  Laving  l.een  m.de  two  vears  ago.  the  f  "st  prrtv'of   nV 
I,ecto  s  wlio  made  mining  prcliiMl,!^  sra.ted  out.     '^'.'^  -old  is  found  on  tlie  var  ou^,  niC   . 
\i:t£r2^:ri^;,!^^:{:'^^^''''^  ^  comparatively  «Uo.t  distance  o^tKo^I^l^tl 

^gin;;^l^;:^Sip^^ 

vJlley   ^^^  ^  '■"""       "*-'       ^''^^  ^'"*  '"'''  ''^^^  '"■  ^"°  '""'^''    '^'"^  ^'^^'^  ^^  t''«  main  river  is 'in  the 
'-The  yellow  iuetalis  not  found   in  paying  (juanlities  in   the  niiin  river  out  in  H.p 
small  streams  vvluch   cut   througi.   the   mountain^  on   ei,  her  side.     MuirHimlnen    Z 
arecarne<l  mto  the  main  river,  while  the  gold  is  left  oa  the  rough  bJtton^s  of  thesTs  2 
o™t.   ly^^-t^'^^^^H'^goW  lies  atthe  l.ottomof  thick-  gravel  deJosX  %iig^^^^^^ 
cm  eredl.y  frozen   grnvel   in   the  winter.     During  the  sumuier,  until  the  snow  ia  a  1  melted 
the   surface   is   covered   by  muddy  torrents.     When  sumuier  ii  over  an.f  h^prViflS 
to  freeze,  the  streams  dry  up.     At   the  approach  of  winter,  in  order  to  get  at  tKld   tie 
miners  find  ,t  nece.-sary  to  dig  into  the  gia  vel  formation.  ^  ^      '  *'"" 

Tni  f   "^"^J.''  «■'■*'  ^^^'o  routes  to  the  fields,  cue  wliich  I  have  mentioned  before,  fromChilkoot 
Inlet  oyer    he  moun  ains.    This  is  -bout  500  miles.    The  other  is  up  the  yX.  li^er  wS 
IS  about  1.500  miles  iu   length  or  three  times  as  far  as  the  other.     Flat-bottTmed  st^^^^ 
un  from  St.  Michaels  up  the  YuUon.     The  return   trip  from  the  fields  irinucTeaser  and 

statLTiS'th^ii^b^^iyori;:;^^;;--^^^  "^^'^  *"^'^  ^"'^^  ^"^^  --"*>-^  -"--^  -  ^iiruni^ted 

"  The  Pacific  Coast  Steamship  ( 'oinpany  runs  steamers  every  four  days  from  Seattle 
H   fp  r.""" '"  ^^•l'"-'^'^»lH''i*'«  '^r,  ^*^  '^-^'^^Voned  over  the  moumains  is  bj  mu  es   tak  ng 
time  and  ex;  cnse.    As  1  remarked  before   it  is  a  country  in  which  there  is  nracrica'l-  i  o 
sustenance,  and  food  must  be  taken  to  the  gd''  fields."  piaciica.l^  no 

„^i-i  P'""  ^'^'^  ^i''*^  ^'"*1  tlie  natives  are  peaceable.  He  is  sanguine  as  to  the  outcome  of  the 
gold  discovery  from  what  he  knows  about  the  country,  and  he  does  not  assert  as  man v 
others  do,  that  the  reports  from  Klondike  are  greatly  exaggerated  '  ^ 


Report  About  Method  of  Mining. 


An  interesting  letter  telling  of  the  recent  trip  of  the  steamer  Excelsior  to  Alaska  has 
been  written  by  Captain  J.  F.  Higgius,  of  the  steamer,  to  a  friend.     He  savs  : 

llie  word  Klondike  means  Deer  River,  and  the  stream  is  called  tlie  Reindeer  River 
on  the  charts,    It  emnties  into  the  Yukon  fifty  miles  above  the  Big  River.     The  geogrLldcal 
nosit.on  of  the  junct.oii  is  70  degrees  10  niiuutes  north  latitude.  138  degrees  5J  minmes^wS 
longitude.     Bonanza  Creek  dumps  into  the  Klondike  about   two  miles  above  the  Yu^on 
Eldorado  is  a  tributai^  of  the  Bonanza.    There  are  numerous  other  creeks  and  tributaries 
the  mam  river  being  three  hundred  miles  long.  "'"umnes, 

.  "  The  gold  so  far  has  been  taken  from  Bonanza  and  Eldorado,  both  well  named  for 
the  richness  of  the  p-lacers  i.  truly  ma,  velous.  Eldorado,  thirty  miles  long,  is  staged  the 
whole  length,  and  as  far  as  worked  has  paid.  oi-ctB-^-u   me 

A  Af"  ?"?  ?■  ^'"''  t'^f  engers  who  is  taking  home  $100,000  with  him  has  worked  one  hun- 
dred feet  of  his  ground  and  refused  i^iOO,  000  for  the  remainder,  ai;  <  confidently  evneets  to 
c;ean  ttp  |400.000  or  more.  He  has  in  a  bottle  m'i  from  one  pan  of  diit!  His  Jay  dir" 
whde  being  washed  averaged  §250  an  hour  to  each  man  shoveling  in.  Two  others  of  our 
miners  «-ho  worked  their  own  claim,  cleaned  up  ;?6,000  from  cue  day's  washing 

•■  Ihere  is  about  fifteen  feet  ■  :  dirt  above  bed  rock,  the  pay  sireak  averaging  from 
t^i^n  "t^'  ^T'  '''^". ''  !^*Vr^'^;  ^"^  ^^'"'«  "'6  ground  is  frozen.  Of  course,  the  grotmd 
taken  out  IS  thawed  by  building  hres.  and  when  the  thaw  comes  and  water  rushes  in  they 
set  heir  sluices  and  wasii  the  dirt.  Two  of  our  fellows  thought  a  small  bird  in  the  hand 
worth  a  large  one  in  the  bush,  and  sold  their  claims  for  |45,000,  getting  1^4.500  down 


ill  ISfif).  In  1880,  when  I 
),  tlie  tiist  prrty  of  pro-- 
I  on  the  various  tiibiitii- 
istance  of  tlie  Klondil.e 

1  the  gold  fields  extend- 
tories  and  Alaska.  Tiie 
the  main  river  is  in  the 

nifiin  river,  but  in  tlie 
lud  and  mineral  matter 
h  buttoms  of  these  side 
I  deposits.     The  gold  is 

tlie  Hiiow  ia  all  melted, 

•  and  the  springs  begin 

•  to  get  at  the  gold,  the 

d  before,  from  Chilkoot 
he  Yukon  river,  which 
"'lat-bottomed  steamers 
ds  is  much  easier,  ami 
returned  to  the  United 

our  days  from  Seattle, 
tins  is  by  mules,  taking 
1  there  is  praciica!ly  no 

to  the  outcome  of  the 
es  not  assert,  as  many 


tcelsior  to  Alaska  has 
ie  says  : 

ed  tlie  Reindeer  River 
^er.  The  geographical 
agrees  5 )  minutes  we?t 
ies  above  the  Yukon, 
creeks  and  tributaries, 

both  well  named,  for 
s   long,  is  staked  the 

has  worked  one  hun- 
•ontidently  expects  to 
ol  dirt.  His  pay  dirt 
1.  Two  others  of  our 
1  washing. 

reak  averaging  from 
Of  course,  the  ground 
1  Wiiter  rushes  in  they 
nail  bird  In  the  hand 
,  getting  $4,500  down. 


,     \    „f«  mono  each.    The  purchasers  had -ao 

«1 0  000  for  the  iiistmstahneat.    bo  tunneuiiB  .  „f  oii  ;„  it 

•M    f     ^!m^  Klondike      The  ground  located  and  P^^fP^n^ugring  man  who  can  get  there 

of  the  world.' 

p    *  Frederick  Wright,  of  Ob^ri^Tc^,  about  the  Klondike  Placers. 

Professor  Fredericlc  wrigiut  v..vnn  Kiver  is  by  no  means  unex- 

The  di.cove.yof  gold  ^nl^^^Su:;^-^^^^^^^^ 

todto»rA5am.  county  to  ».MU..rnOU,o-aadnM^^^  ^j_^  ^  >«;?';  "'SS 

B'^^^^  «r^ 'lt/«rJl^rd  Vl*  re<e„„o.  .0  a  raU.oad  .,„.,  and 


■^7:ci 


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reported  to  be  available.    The  only  other  way  '"s  bv  a  river  whiph  ia  r>non  f/^  „„„•     l' 
a  short  time  each  ,ear  and  is  a  great  ^vay  aroumi  ^^^  '"^  navigation  only 

M,a„  f?"^®  general  climatic  conditiona  on  the  nortii  side  of  the  mountains  are  mi.rl,  hotfpr 
than  those  on  the  south  side.  On  the  south  side  the  snowfall  is  enormous.  biU  oTt  ,e  norfh 
side  the  air  is  drier.    Schwatka  and  Hayes  went  in  the  summeVflnwn  t h»  v^.i  ,,  " 

about  to  the  Klondike  region,  and  from  there  struck  "if  west  Z"nerthenJfh?f°A?''^^ 
St.  Eli-,3  and  down  the  Onnnpr  Riv«r      Tha^  l,n.l  i.^. ..    „ ?^„_  '  R'l^,*''"?.  *°  '^"^  "0/th  of  Mount 


T 


St.  Eli.s  and  down  tlie  Cc^jner  Si^n"  Th;;^'ha;i  dl^w-HrkK^^C^n  '^S;1S 
'^^^i^^^T'  ^?f^fL:!^.:^"y??J->^..l^y  inclemenrliS^tXlf 


l^coiSsiS  Eiia^on  ;]h;^^uih  sidr  fri:t(:e;;^re  n^rh^iw^  th^Sm^if  "^ '":? 

west  of  the  present  gold  fields  may  be  carried  on  with  compamtive  ease     ffat  ZenTthat 
whole  r.  gion  IS  bare  of  means  of  subsistence.  ""t'li  piesent  that 

Taere  is  imminent  danger  that  many  will  get  in  there  before  winter  with  in<.,.ffi  •  * 
means,  and  starve.  An  English  missionary  and  his  wife  have  been  in  H  «f  ^2^:  nsufficient 
many  years,  and  report  the  people  as  being  so  nearthe  veJge  of  stkrvatlLfthf.*/.''^*'?"  ^^^ 
dare  both  to  winter  in  the  same  village  le^t  tliey  should  3uce  If  im^^^^^^^  Sn  1^7  v"  "°^ 
separate  villages  during  the  winter^  Kventually  Z  rehXr  wlS  Sheldl  l!L'^^  '•" 
introducing  into  the  lower  Yukon  region  will  be  available  rthLrtansS^^m^^ 
being  mucli  superior  to  dogs  in  that  they  can  procure  their  own  t',,.^  1      Tinf  fr>^»i  °^' 

the'iukr^'^^""^*  """'■  *"  "-'^^'^  --  theChrico"t'prorSgh?Soi''^/::i;«^'f 

As  to  the  ultimate  yield  of  the  mines  or  the  prospect  of  finding  more  we  have  nor!  Jn., 
but  conjecture  to  go  upon  The  geologists  who  hkvo  Visited  the  rIgTon  w^e  not  the  r  np? 
who  discovered  the  gold.  What  the  prospectors  have  foun  I  pofnts  o  mor^  ^1  e  nn^f 
plored  region  IS  immense.  The  mountains  to  the  south  are  voun^  havim?  f,ko,r  ?  f*,' 
very  much  since  the  climax  of  the  glacial  period.  Wi  h  these EvVresZl  the  snn^^^^ 
introducing  reindeer,  Alaska  bids  fair  to  Kipport  a  population  eveXalirofseVitt.  Mr  ^  '° 
The  United  States  must  hold  on  to  her  treaty  rights °(UhG°LtSu^Z^1f J 
oar  interests  there.  If  England  accomplished  hef unreSonablfdSg^^^^^^^^^^  ^t^ld  s  fut  uTo°lf 
from  all  communication  with  the  Klondine  region  except  by  way  of  the  Yukou.  ^  ""^ 

Steamer  Portland  brings  from  $1^00,000  to  $2,000,000  of  Klon-Iike  Nuggets  to 

Seattle. 

The  amount  of  treasure  brought  down  from  the  famoil  TCir.nfi;L-o  h,r  i-u^    i.  i  • 

KoOOOo"  T''^''"'^  ^^  «l,500,000.\nd  there  is  I'od'elrn'tTeiretlhe^sv'm^:^^^^^^^^^^ 
f  ^,000,000.     Each  man  was  eequired  to  place  liis  gold  chest  in  the  shin's  safe  Im,  mint ^Ai 
imners  rsecreted  their  dust  in  blankets  and  luggage,  which   was  ti  ei^^^^^  °{  *''^ 

rooms  or  thrown  carelessly  about  the  ship.    ^enc^J  Berry  one  of  i  e  Klnn.l  .     l'*'"''''" 
recort*'°"°  "'  ''"''  *'''''"  ^"  ^^S^'^- "ot  a  cent'of  .SX  IrUaS'lS 

When  pressed  for  an  estimate  as  to  the  total  of  the  Portland's  gold  cargo  Oanrain  TCwi 
son^saiditwasnodoubt  nearer  fl,000,oOO  than  the  amount  accounted  for  on  the  si^pV^t 

At  present  only  mine-a'  laws  rule  the  camp,  but  next  year  Dawson  City  viU  be  inrnr 
porated  and  municipal  officers  elected.  The  miners  are  deirmined  thr t  orLr  will  be  nre' 
diggings  '^"-    ^"^  '"'■'  """*-'  ^'''''^^^''  ^^'"  ^^  permitted  in  eithe.  Dawson  Sy  or  the 

of  Vn-Il)  mVio"**}?"?  °°'."^'  *'\^*-  several  strikes  have  recently  been  made  in  the  neighborhood 
ot  forty  Mile.  It  has  been  christened  Minute  Creek,  and  is  now  oannine-out  *2->  n  rln  ,  Jr.?? . 
man.  Another  discovery  on  American  Creek,  HftvMnileslXvToyMile  lamp  h'^sSd'^ 
be  paying  well,  and  a  great  number  of  men  have  llock.ni  Hiere  diirin<r  .  1  looTfl  said  to 
The  pan  runs  from  |lll  to  |18.  It  is  thoughriLeiy  many  SThe  p^^^^^ 
these  camps,  thus  relieving  the  strain  on  Dawson  City.  piospeciors  win  strme  tor 


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pen  to  navigation  only- 
tains  are  axwch  better 
lous,  but  on  tne  north 
lowntlie  Yukon  valley 
to  the  north  of  Mount 
me,  in  which  camping 
clement  weather  from 
at  explorations  south- 
9.    But  at  present  tliat 

inter  with  insufficient 
;hat  general  region  for 
ation  tliat  they  do  not 
mine.  So  they  live  in 
;h  Sheldon  Jackson  is 
msportation  and  food, 
.  But  for  the  present 
ght  around  by  way  of 

lore,  we  have  notliing 
on  were  not  the  ones 
3  to  more.  The  unex- 
having  been  elevated 
ries  and  the  success  in 
ly  of  several  millions. 
1  for  the  protection  of 
she  would  shut  us  off 
e  Yukr)n. 

on^ike  Nugf^ets  to 

ke  by  the  steamship 
e  the  SI  m  was  nearer 
safe,  bui  many  of  the 
either  to  the'r  state- 
ihe  Klondik'  kings, 
ortland  had  upon  her 

I  cargo.  Captain  Kid- 
for  on  the  ship's  rec- 

)n  City    villbe  incor- 
irt  order  will  be  pro- 

II  Dawson  City  or  the 

in  the  neighborhood 
;  out  |32  a  day  to  the 
Mile  camp,  is  said  to 
the  last  few  weeks, 
ectors  will  strike  for 


POLICEMAN   CAUGHT   THE   FEVEK. 

an  interview  :  .  „,     ,,_„^(,f,f   goij  dij;irings  an;  only  a  very  small 

■>  The  country  is  enormous  y  r  ch.    The  P^^^'f  "iuj^n'  ^.i^^vauiiig  for  miners  to  come 

^^^^r  r  :;.i^/'fr  £  KlSr  l^^orr  m^SexaggeU  for  I  have  talked 

"''"  ^rSMlI^red  11^  fhe^e  ^ no  tnger  of  food  giving  out ;  all  the  reports  to  the  con- 
trary  are  not  honesr  ^^^^^^^^  ^.^^  --^%.'''''^1  ^^"?"'  many  interesting 

facts.  -Vh"wri't^n  Ar.hur  P-'T-  a  wel^knowj^j  ^n^Se.U^  ^,   ^,^^„,,,  ^0«^  ,„ 

"  The  lir.t   discovery  of  gold  on  Vf  ^'^'""^;^;,  ■:,,.  „„  ^le  south,  called  by  tne  Indians 
George  Cormack,  on  a  croek  emptyuig  ";*'  '   «  j"^  •^"^  tf^^Vm^^  the  tind  known  at  For- 

Bonauza.    He  found  *1.60  to  llie  pan  o"  ah'f      »"- ^"\'  4,0  i.i  t  r^^  ^v^eks  with  thiee  sluice 

out,  and  the  miners  1  enamed  if  El  Dorado. 

PICKINU   UP   NUGGETS   AT   THE   DDMP. 

..Jimmy  McL.iu  took  out  f ii-si.:i«r'';^.ri:/^Soi^?iisrTa;r^i;"m:m: 

S^-^^Xf  SZ-^ed ^^'Jo  T^nr U^  auuul;  "^^y^^l^  «et  dii t  and  carry  to  the  shan.y 

16,000  that  she  has  picked  up  on  t''^ jf''''^'^-  ■        ^,,3  ^,i,t  paid  better  than  was  expected. 

'.  When  the  dumps  were  ^^^''^d'l   the  spun     t"^^^^^^^^^^^  .nontl.s.     Frank  Pln>cater,  who 

Four  boys  on  a  -lay    m  El  l^^'-'^\«  .^^f  «  f ,te  ;*;3  ui  ^  U  OOi)  for  the  winter.     Mr.  I^ipi;>%^<> 

owned  the  tiran   .  li^i^l^^^-^V-/  ^        r  .mis   Rhodes  No".  2    I5onanz%  ha.,  clovned  up  «-tO,000. 

an  1  all  the  syrup  cans  were  tilled. 

Authentic  Reports  about  the  Immense  Yield  of  the  Fields. 

Under  date  July  31  the  following  -PJjt  wa>n.ceived  fro.j^  BVa^^ 
ship  Umatilla,  whid,  arrived  to-^'ay  -om  ^^^^V^^  'j^^^^i.^.^MU  Seattle,  consignei  to  Wells 
worth  of  Alaskan  ■^old.  of  winch  ^  /^ ''^^l'  ^T'J?,  "  ^^^^^^^^  ,,old  in  sacks.  Some  was  shipped 
KSSu^eaJ';:^  X^'^oli  tS^plU'^r  to  th^elfect  that  at  least  *T50,000  worth 
of  du.t  was  waiting  shipinent  ••^^'J^To^^sr^nctSot'Tjuly  2S.  loaded  to  her  utmost  capa- 
city '^TZ.^^^^rT^l  a'n'^l  al^'eTy'  has  oft  board  enough  merchandise  to 
bear  her  well  down  by  the  «tein-  ,    •      f,.o,„  gt.   midiaers  Island  that  there  ha» 

be«sSrp?r3't?irS°Ji^r«l*'«Sh"v%ri-»«„*Co.^  in  gold  du.t  th.t 


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has  not  been  counted  in  with  the  fortunes  recently  brought  to  the  Sound  and  to  San  Fran- 
cisco l>y  miners. 

The  Excelsior's  and  Portland's  passengers  were  the  first  to  arrive  from  the  new  •li^'-- 
Kiuks,  anil  It  18  said  that  oth-^rs  have  arrive  i  at  St.  Michael's  Island  and  at  Juneau  by  tliTs 
tun.'  who  have  secured  as  much  gold  per  man  as  did  any  of  those  whose  stories  have  been 
told. 

Additional  facts  have  been  obtained  wliich  show  that  a  new  gold  bearing  district  has 
been  discovered  in  American  territory,  403  miles  southeast  of  Dawson,  on  the  Pelli  River. 
Ine  new  hnd  is  sai  i  to  l)e  very  rioh  and  t)  be  known  to  but  few  persons. 

The  fact  that  g  ild  has  been  found  in  larg^  quantities  fortv  miles  northwest  of  Dawson, 
as  reported  byaKlondiker,  Bowker.  yesterday,  would  indicate  that  tlie  vallevs  of  all  streams 
emptying  into  the  Yukon  from  the  Klondike  down  for  a  considerable  distance  are  rich  placer 
II  elds.  ^ 

St.  Michael's  advices  tell  of  two  very  recent  disooveries  below  Forty  Mile  Post,  in  Alaska 
territory  Ihey  were  still  too  young,  it  w\a  said,  to  b=«ir  co  nparison  with  sever.il  months' 
work  in  tlie  Canadian  fields,  but  enou,'h  had  bee  I  uncovered  to  hold  many  old  and  exper- 
ienced men  in  spite  of  all  they  had  s-en  on  the  Kkmdike.  But  for  the  start  the  Klondike  had 
already  se-urei,  and  Che  unvvillinijn  vss  of  peoDle  to  hear  of  going  anywhere  else  until  they 
had  seen  '  bod  rock"  on  some  part  of  that  field,  the  rush  would  have  been  to  American  and 
Minook  Creeks  as  well  as  to  the  Klou'like. 

As  it  is,  many  hive  gone  there,  and  oth.  rs  ares^oppingon  the  way  up  from  St.Michael's. 
I  lie  next  steamer  that  comes  down  will  doubtl^^ss  have  news  of  rich  returns  in  those  (luarters. 

Minook  Creek  is  not  d  )wn  on  the  government  chart  of  Alaska,  and  must  be  located 
from  reports  of  those  who  h  ive  b^en  there.  It  empties  into  the  Yukon  about  ten  miles  in  a 
straight  line  west  of  the  150th  meridian. 

Although  th^?  capacity  of  the  stetniers  Portltnl  and  Excelsior  is  limited  to  about  110 
pas3enger.s,  over  1,000  applications  have  been  made  for  berths.  Most  of  the  disappointed 
ones  are  making  arrangements  to  travel  from  here  to  Tacoma  bv  rail  and  secure  passage  on 
the  Mexico  and  Topeka,  which  sail  thence  next  week,  but  many  must  inevitably  wait  until 
next  spring.  •  ' 


Klondike  Nuggets   Exhibited  in  San  Francisco. 

The  most  remarkable  exhibit  of  the  wealth  of  the  Klondike  placers  was  made  to- 
<lay,  when  Clarence  Berry,  of  Fresno,  showed  in  his  room  at  the  Grand  Hotel  the  proceeds  of 
some  of  the  richest  pans  on  his  claim,  from  which  he  took  out  f  130.000  in  three  montl;s.  He 
Jiad  only  been  three  years  in  the  country.  Last  year  he  came  back  with  a  modest  stake  and 
married  Miss  Ethel  Bush,  who  returned  with  him  to  the  far  north.     They  settled  at  Forty 

When,  in  October,  1896,  word  came  of  McCormack's  gre'  'i  discovery  on  the  Klondike, 
everybody  doubted  it,  but  McCormark  sent  a  letter  to  Berry  telling  him  to  come,  as  all  was 
ti-ue.  Berry  went  up  the  river  on  a  raft,  and  soon  after  his  wife  followed  him  on  a  steamer. 
Merry  had  ?2,000  worth  of  provisions,  and  he  secured,  for  this  grub,  an  interest  in  sixteen 
mines.     Berry  brought  down  |8,5,000,  and  he  owns  an  interest  in  over  a  dozen  claims. 

ro-day  he  had  a  reception  at  his  Hotel,  and  made  the  largest  exhibit  of  nuggets  seen 
here  since  the  days  of  '49  On  his  table  was  the  boss  nugget  found  during  the  season  on  the 
Klondike,  It  18  about  the  shape  and  size  of  a  medium-sized  potato,  and  its  value  is  «350. 
ihis  was  found  by  Jlrs.  Berry,  who  picked  it  out  of  the  dump.  She  also  picked  up  several 
other  nuggets  ranging  from  f.W  to  -tloO. 

Berry  seems  to  have  struck  nugget  claims  in  this  rich  canon,  for  he  has  scarcely  any 
nne  gold,     tto  hau  a„rM.«„  „f  », ..i.^i.  _ „i ,    .,    '   .       —  .'       '. 

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ind  and  to  San  Fran- 

from  the  new  <lig- 
id  at  Juneau  by  this 
<ae  stoi'iej  have  been 

bearing  district  has 
,  on  the  Pelli  River. 

Drtliwest  of  Dawson, 
ralleys  of  all  streams 
tance  are  rich  placer 

T  Mile  Post,  in  Alaska 
vich  sever.il  months" 
lany  old  and  exper- 
irt  the  Klondike  had 
rhere  else  until  they 
en  to  American  and 

ipfrom  St.MichRel's. 
rns  in  those  (juarters. 
nd  must  be  located 
about  ten  mile'4  in  a 

limited  to  about  110 
of  the  disappointed 
li  secure  passage  on 
inevitably  wait  until 


lacers  was  made  to- 
Hotel  the  proceeds  of 
n  three  montl;s.  He 
1  a  modest  stake  and 
rhey  settled  at  Forty 

ery  on  the  Klondike, 
n  to  come,  as  all  was 
id  him  on  a  steamer. 
,n  interest  in  sixteen 
dozen  claims, 
libit  of  nuggets  seen 
ng  the  season  on  the 
Lnd  its  value  is  |250. 
Iso  picked  up  several 

he  has  scarcely  any 
The  greater  part  of 

ottles  on  his  table  he 

lis  mine. 

pan  made  during  the 


11  .        , 

i.1,-    1  «!-'-.      Tn  -ill  hphad  five  botlhs  containing  these 

bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  the  mutation   nuggets  thai 
runs  i?l7  to  the  ounce. 


Tales  About  the  Klondike  as  Reported  by  the  ''Alaska  Searchlight' 
Tales  About^he^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^.^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^  j„ly  3^.^ 


and 


„    ,.,.,.'   invvQ   TFIIS   OK   A   NUGOKT  WORTH   I'2;i2. 

"rt  trip  rf  M.il  Carrier  Jock  "">"■  » j-""'™  £  V   IT  \Sl"i^   He  cani,',!  in  t,., .,■  tonr 
prn-ri'?  .'iSa^rd'  CS.r.ful-.hlr.J^I.'outi  .,>a  .i.  ro„„a  „„.  U,„k  »ore  „ 


m^  by'nie  miners  ^'^^^^ ll^f-^'^,^^^^!^^:^.^^  -orking. 

Forty  ^lile  was  neaily  deserted,  and  at  Uircie  oii>  u     > 
The  rest  Imd  gone  to  Klondike.  ^  ^j^tji  ,,e  ^.-as  well  on  his  way 

Hayes  set  out  on  his  return  on  Waicn -.5.    ii  "^»  All  winter  the  miners 

back  tiiat\e  heard  details  of  the  r,^«\;:;^ J"";^'^  °^;^aU.ng  foTtt^^^  ^un  to  thaw  it  and 

bad  been  digging  out  frozen  dirt  and  piling  tui^^^^^^  few  panfnls  of  d-rt  had  been 

to  furnish  water  for  washing  it  o"t^,„)\H\'"^'^'f  the  diggings.    In  March  the  thei  mom- 
washed,  and  this  had  proved  the  general  nchness  ot  tne  aiggi  b 
eter  showed  from  52  to  71  degrees  below  zero.^^   ^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  the  ingoing  rush  of 

I  men 


.vashed,  and  this  had  proved  the  general  ncnness  01  u..  u.^e-^ 

going  into  the  country.  ,      .y  ^^^^^  m  winter  were  selling  out 

^  Many  of  the  miners  who  had  >''f"fVrsi\fhtn  their  dnsi  heaps,  and  were  coming  out. 

on  the  basis  of  the  gold  that  was  «4;         >;'\*';«  '  ^nde  ^^^^  Los  Angeles,  went  into  the 

Charles  Clemens  and  Frank  fci  iniueiN  ^'[^]J?"7"  ,,„_:ence.    After  panning  out  *.).000 
Yukon  a  year  ago,  without  having  had  any  pre  v.  u.  -Pene"'^^-  ^^^^  ^  wo  weeks  later  Sum- 
worth  of  gold,  Clemens  sold  Ins  ^'l^^^  "l^^^^.'^S  this  claim  was  worth  $i^2.    This  is 
mers  sold  his  share  tor  !;?50.n00.    ^"e  n"gfe  t  V''^^^ 
said  to  have  been  the  argest  ^^'^f/^  ^  et  f  .un^^^^^^^  ^^  ^,,3  p^jj    R.^er  is  at  ract-ng 

The  Dalton  trail  through  the  9'  M^-'H  ifenrv  Bratnober.  the  agent  of  the  Exploration 
much  attention,  and  a  P^rty  consisting  of  He  rj^^  ^^^^^  ^^^.^^.  ^^  ^^ 

Company  of  London,  John  I'-.^'^l'^'^y' f"i^„'t"J     Jack  Dalton,  its  discoverer,  had  already 
to  demonstrate  it.Bpract.cabihty  for  passengei^    Jack  u        ^^^^^j^    ^,,3  chilkat  Pass,  the 

A  Lucky  Miner's  Statement  to  a  Reporter. 

down  my  pick  and.  turning  my  eyes  heaven^^ard,  said.      000      > 
pick  you  up  again.'  and  I  spoke  the  truth. 


T 


13 


"I  love  gold  and  I  have  it.  Many  times  in  my  life  the  wolf  has  been  close  to  the  door. 
Now  1  have  riches,  and  will  never  work  again,  but  in  Manih  I  will  go  back  and  laana -e  our 
properties.  " 

These  were  the  words  which  William  Stanley  used  to-day  in  closin,'  an  interview 
f^tunley  is  one  of  the  fortunate  ones  who  returned  from  the  Klondike  on  the  Portland  In 
aaaition  to  his  present  fortune  he  ia  interested  with  his  son  and  two  New  Yorkers  in  claims 
wnich,  he  says,  will  yield  !{!2,000,000.  Stanley  is  a  married  man.  He  lives  in  a  humble  little 
place  in  the  southern  i):irt  of  the  city;  he  lias  a  wife  and  several  children.  During  his  ab- 
sence in  the  far  North  the  family  struggled  to  eke  out  an  exi>tenoe,  for  evervthing  that  Stan- 
ley liad  went  to  pay  his  expenses  to  the  gold  fields.  Stiinley  is  well  on  in  yeais.  His  hair  is 
gray,  and  when  he  left  tins  city  he  looked  a^  though  a  few  more  years  would  Hnd  him  sleep- 
ing t)eneath  the  sod.  He  was  not  accustomed  to  hardships  :  for  years  he  conducted  a  little 
Doolj  Store  in  an  out-of-the-way  business  corner. 

M    4. 1  '^^'y^^y  V^ople  who  used  to  help  him  out  by  giving  him  10  or  l.j  cents  cannot  realize 
that  he  is  wealthy.     Here  is  his  story  as  he  told  it  to  the  Journal  reporter: 

HIS  LAST   CHANCE  TO  MAKE   MONEY. 

''I  went  to  the  Yukon  as  a  last  resort.  I  was  getting  old,  and  I  had  no  money,  and  [ 
knew  that  I  would  never  ^et  any  unless  I  took  it  out  of  the  ground.  It  was  a  year  ago  last 
JIaich  that  I  left  bpattle.  I  am  free  to  confess  that  my  family  was  at  that  time  in  destitute 
circumstances.  I  made  for  the  Yukon.  I  hi.l  never  bef  jre  been  there.  1  knew  nothing  of 
mining  and  nothing  of  the  hardships  of  the  country,  and,  in  fact,  was  as  great  a  "  greeny  " 
as  ever  set  foot  in  the  great  gold  country  of  the  Northwest.  Mv  son,  Samuel  Stanley,  went 
with  me.     He  was  as  ignorant  as  his  father.  ' 

"Whilewe  were  on  the  steamship  Alki,  which  took  us  to  Dpea,  we  met  two  voung 
men,  Charles  and  (ieorge  Woiden.  They  were  residents  of  Sacketts  Harbor,  N.  Y..  and  had 
come  West  in  search  of  gold.  Tluir  mother  lives  back  in  the  old  home,  so  they  informed 
me.  We  becanie  very  intimat .  with  the  Wordeiis.  They  knew  little,  if  anything  about 
the  country,  and  one  day  in  conversation  one  of  us  suggested  that  we  form  a  comiKaiiv  and 
do  our  work  on  the  syndicate  plan,  each  man  to  share  and  share  alike.  We  wandered 
through  the  \  ukon  districts  for  several  months,  and  wera  getting  discouraged,  because  there 
seemed  to  be  noihing  for  us.  We  met  other  men  who  were  getting  rici.,  but  we  grew  poorer 
as  the  diiys  came  and  went.     Once  we  had  about  concluded  to  go  back. 

''  If^,^^*'^.  'I'  tbe  latter  part  of  last  September  that  we  befriended  a  man  who  gave  us  a 
tip  as  to  the  riches  of  the  Klondike.  We  were  willing  to  believe  anything  and  made  for  the 
Klondike  at  once.  At  that  time  we  were  en  route  for  Forty  Mile  Creek,  We  were  then  at 
Sixty  Mile. 

"The  first  thing  we  did  when  we  reached  the  Klondike  was  to  spend  a  little  time  at 
the  mouth  of  the  stream.  We  were  there  just  twenty  four  hours  when  the  little  steamer 
Whs  arrived  with  one  hundred  and  tifty  e.vcited  mintrs  aboard.  They  had  just  heard  tbe 
good  news,  and  on  their  arrival  they  made  a  rush  for  the  riciiest  tpots  on  Bonanza  and  El 
Dorado  Creeks. 

EL  DORADO,  SURE  EXOCQH. 

,,  ''  ^®  ^^^"*  to  El  Dorado  creek  and  made  locations  on  what  were  called  Claims  Twenty- 

hve.  Twenty-six,  Fifty-three  and  Fifty-four.  I  think  it  was  in  October  that  we  made  our  lo- 
cations. We  worked  claims  Twenty-five  and  Twenty-six,  and  were  very  soon  satisfied  that 
we  liad  a  ine  thing,  and  went  to  work  to  make  preparations  for  a  long  winterof  expeiiences 
and  hardshis-s.  We  got  all  we  wanted  before  spring.  Every  man  put  in  his  time  sinking 
prospect  holes  in  the  gulch,  *' 

"I  tell  the  fimple  truth  when  I  say  that  within  three  months  we  took  from  the  two 
claims  the  su;a  of  It  1-2.000.  A  remarkable  thing  about  our  findings  is  that  in  taking  this 
enormous  suiu  we  did  not  drift  up  and  down  stream,  nor  did  we  cross-cut  the  pay  sire  k 

"  Of  couise  we  miy  be  wrong,  but  this  is  the  way  wo  are  figuring,  and  we  are  so  ( 


tai 
ha 
$1 


K 

P' 
til 
of 
hi 
ai 

8( 


S. 

cer- 


been  clo.se  to  the  door, 
bark  and  iuanii;;e  our 

closin^j  an  interview, 
on  tlie  Portland .     In 
'^ow  Yorliera  in  elainit 
lives  in  a  humble  little 
Idren.     During  his  ab- 
everytliing  that  Stan- 
in  j-ears.     His  liair  is 
would  find  him  sleep- 
's he  CQuducted  a  little 

15  cents  cannot  realize 
ter: 


had  no  money,  and  [ 
t  was  a  year  ago  last 
that  time  in  destitute 
e.  1  knew  nothing  of 
as  great  a  "  greeny  '' 
Samuel  Stanley,   went 

,  we  met  two  young 
arbor,  N.  Y.,  and  had 
te,  so  they  informeil 
',  if  anything,  about 
form  a  oompatiy  and 
alike.  We  wanclered 
uraged,  l)ecause  there 
1,  but  we  grew  poorer 

man  wIkj  gave  us  a 
ing  and  made  for  the 
i,     We  were  then  at 

lend  a  little   time  at 

en  the   little  steamer 

'  had  just  heard  the 

on  Bonanza  and  El 


;alled  Claims  Twenty- 
that  we  made  our  lo- 
ry soon  satisfied  that 
winter  of  expei  iences 
t  in  his  time  sinking 

>   took  from  the  two 
i  that  in  taking  this 
ut  the  pay  sire  ks. 
,  and  we  are  so  cer- 


'scooped  the  dirt  off  the  bed  rock. 

Mil  I  IONS  Vro^'    MILLIONS   IN    SK.IIT.  ^^^^ 

BECAME    A    MONEY   LENDER. 

Bas,  but  my  diim  there  was  not  quite        t, 
Creek." 


and 


14 
Great  Fortunes  in  Dust  and  Nuggets  on  the  Steamers    "Excelsior"  md  "Port 

land." 

arriv..,l  yes.erd  av  al  S  eat    e  N\^  fnm    sJ   Mi.'' ,..';.";'      \ '".'  ""i"""*'"  r'"'"""^''  """ 

..njinn...  ,,v  their  i.avy  .ae.'r::]'!;;;^,;^..  pu^ot::  ^p*^  1 '?:.  ^^^  exei^;;,;;:!;/;'^ 
Kio„.i,k/;.h;i..s  com;i;ri;('!ooo.ooo  in  sighir  "''""•  "^'^  '"""^••^  ^^^'""'''^'  ^^'^^  ^^^^ 

HEFORT   FliO.V   SKATTLE  JULY    17 

fee  BnJrJi:.';':ii";;'S',i,'r;  Se,'";.",rr  t  ":,"";  "'"■  ■  ■"f""^'' ""  *"•« '°  ■"- 

CARRYING  THE  TREASIKE  ASHORE. 

about  IM.OOO.    Tbrf°„  will    thebL  ffi,,  J  .^^^^^^^^^^^         »  f"""*','  l>l»nl>-et,  In  «l,lcir,va8 


ur 

18 
F( 
fo 
h< 
ri 
fi 
oi 
t« 
c 
V 


Kcelsior"  md  "Port- 


ountr/  is  nieasmed 
lior,  tliat  lu lived  in 
niier  Portland,  lliiU 
roiighf  a  ton  and  a 
ihogronrd.  Klon- 
I.  It  is  stilnated  on 
,  about  foriy  mile.s 
the  niiners.'aniply 
lining  exciiement." 
Is  of  the  Yukon  to 
s  estimate  that  the 


ne  Kold,  gold  nuggets 
lay  from  tlie  far  north. 
Portland,  that  arrived 
nnds  of  gold  were  the 
)00,  sonjQ  witli  $50,000, 

gs,"  the  richest  in  sur- 

rom  Dawson  Ciiv,  the 

il  at  tSt.  Jlichael's  had 

intent  ujion  changing 

try. 

'liie  little  safe  in  the 

e  would  not  hold  was 


n  their  shoulders  and 
s  people  assemhled  to 
liner  with  only  Jf.T.OOO 
0  bags  is  a  good  load 
falls  to  sixty  degrees 
blanket,  in  which  was 
id  to  lure  help  to  get 

ground  during  three 
from  the  conifoits  ot 
iiiners.  The  pioneers 
leek  and  all  the  sur- 
ler  on  the  Klondike." 
iiig  the  fall  the  news 
absurd  tourists  from 
dike. 

not  to  be  considered, 
w  zero,  the  quest  for 
Hunie  of  these  winter 
United  Slates  by  the 


15 

A   HONEYMOON   FORTVXE. 

ure  of  Clarence  I5err,.«         ^^e  Yukon  country,  and  for   ^^7^^"'  >  ,,„p,  i,e  returned  to  Call- 

temperature  of   110  ahove.  ^^^.^^^.^ 

^"^'"{^ne  of  the  foolish  stran«.vs  w,.o^.  -  consjder^  ,        ^ 

KSo      He  emp.o>.d  .une   .nen.   :,n^  „,,Ue  m  less  than  tw.he 

S£.  1  "aeS  Sll'^ntitled  to  a  trip  to  Michigan. 

TUP  OASH  FOB  THE  QOLU  HtLDS. 

..       •   U  Of  .he  gold   Ight  on  the  treasure  .hip,  '^^-^if,:^^:^^^, 

of  employment  to  stare  loi  luc 

the  Portland  to  arrive.  _ 

Good  Cder  Maintained  in  .he  Camp  W  Ca-Jia"  P"'- 

lKn.o.t  I.o".  S»»Fr.nd.c.<.,  'I"'"' ^"^  ";  ,,„  „,„  ,„  ^m  dust 

''r,,fj     The"e  .    «""  ''°n>  '1"  'f  »°r  '  "rS^m         Ul  K«"«i  the  ...PIJI"  '':  »'••"? 
»^'?''"SH»"ir;l'.r rol;;T.'aS?,  aS„m..,  .....  e.r„™ea  .y  t„.  C.na.„.n 

mining  disputes. 


n--' 


16 

SflliHK  tow,.  I„is  at  .f-.o")(l  .•.pirc"'  "  l'..<nini.,n  Governnu.|U  lor  a  ,,atei,t,  and  is 

BUppliiM  to   th"  camp      TianM>,.iiiimivv.^..v        I  '''''••'•■  ^'"*'*'''''<^^"''.v  'e  getting 

Litlle  proKroHs  ro,.l.|    l.e     n  i,       ,1,,,  i  ,.r  "ff"tii  ics  ImuKry  in  those  riic.unstances. 

SKr^ili ;-^s til;;™:''' -'•'  "- - -- "n^^-'ss :-; ;;- 

SOLD   OCT   FOR   ifSO.OOO. 

clain,,    f,v.    th.usa  <       -tV  J  ,•''./,    r^k\  decued  to  sell.     We  sold  our 

Belcher.  M"«ic,   to  Jack   McC^uestern.   L„„8  Elli.s    and  a  man   named 

June  20.'"^^n'thfS'^Z  'l^  m?rih."noar"""'  r^' l^'^,  '■*'"'^"""*^  *'^-'^"«  -> 
working  liftv  s.,,.are  feet,  to  ay  it  a  u  Ion  wn  f/-'V"7\/''7  •""'  i'""'^'  ^'""""•'  '""•'^y, 
ran  l.e  imaKined  therefore  hmv  .0^^  .^7  ,V  •^'."'.''^  ''  »'";  <'"'"1'^  l-ad  heen  worked,  li 
ail  as  rich  an  that  Cvl'i^M.  Iw..;  he^^  "r.rUcf        "■'  "  '"  '*'"  "'''"''^  •^"""''  «-^«""»"fc'  ''"'^  it  is 

Mie«  and^'fc^s  ^1:;^  '\::t^  V:  camrT-  *?;'""  ^°  •^'Y  '"^  '""^"•'^  >-''^  -•- 

rounds,  and  the  c„t  of  transp,  -ta  ton  Is  en  cen  s';  noun  Te  c,/,"''T''.''  "•"*^"''^  ''•""*  ^'""^ 
ilierelore  about  .«!1L'0.  """-'"i     if"  cents  a  pound,  the  cost  of  8lu|,i)ing  one's  goods  is 

Cotheswould  airord  iiuie  prSiil,"  'l^;;;;'i;.;L^J  e^^:^;;^Z  Zhin?'"'""'^  ^^°°"^" 
der«  are"almr.;^i;^i:t  ""''^^  "^  '"^  ^^"^^  •"-'»^'  --P-    ^^  is  no'tT-'t'S.-  town.    Mur- 

A    OliE.VT  OAMHr.INii    TOWN. 

I  did  excSd!ngl'\:^n;;p  "tho;^"  'l  w'n'Cm^'ihe'f  •  f  °'l  ''"  ''''"T''  «"  '"— ''  ^reek. 
but  brought  onlj' .fo  0  00  w  h  ,  ;e  Iwl;  the  fi  •  <-  /  '"."'"^''"''l•  ".'  ^  '''*"'»'■«'  ''''""^  ''^•lO-OOO. 
cover  that  it  wL  I  mnl  \  i  1  Jold  omt  nd  nnZ'J^  *%f  ^  '"  t^'^  '■^'■'^'  S'''"*^'''-  '"'^'  '«  •"^- 
shaped  str.  aks.  caused ,  it  Vs  p?Sd  y  el  "c  'i  aS'  t  .'f.  ''^''^  " '''  "r'V'""'''  Z'^^^'  *^"^ '"  ^^ 
w.is  exceedin.dv  ridi      Tn  fnot    m  ^  ^  action.    In  those  Sf-anis  I  founc  a  c  ay  which 

i£H"I^SH'H?iH^'"^^'1-r  -      ' -« ^ - 


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lie,  f<un,(lf-  of  DnwFon 
'lit  Idia  |iatei]t.  and  is 

liist  flirt}-  years,  but  1 
f  tlif  rounti  y  lias  just 
lu'  (litJiculty'in  getting 
and  iiiany  wintcrH  the 
u  those  ciiciuiistances, 
1<1  lot  ifo  far  from  tlio 
ind  in  the  innuediate 

made  little  more  than 
tile  rlaiin  near  I)a\\>on 
jrn  the  luaiti  shaft  my 

new  diggings  and  the 


are  both  ol  1  men,  and 
to  sell.  We  .>iold  our 
■s    and  a  man   named 

ifiuaiuing  |ls.O()0  on 
made  enoii^'h  money, 
had  lieeii  worlied.  It 
III,  assuming  that  it  is 

ids  entire  year's  sup- 
eo  weighs  a'lxnit  1,'JOO 
hijiping  one's  goods  is 

is  necespary  that  one 
m.  Ordinary  woolen 
ilhing. 

'tougir  town,    Mur- 


le  tliere  to  work,  and 
selves.     A  great  deal 

As  a  gambling  town 
is  always  a  test  of  a 

llOO  and  oftentimes 

y  on  Uonanza  Creek, 
leared  ahout  $40,000, 
■k  gravel,  ami  to  dif- 
leamed  and  cut  in  V- 
I  found  a  clay  which 
•  feet  thick  upon  the 
eaks.  The  rock  was 
It  was  made  on  Oc- 
diggings  from  Circle 


1" 

VOOl.    UROt  UUT   ON    SI.EUP. 

'■•'"•"•  '■;'■' ;" ';'""  ri,f  S;:,;'?  "v- .  ;:»S. '  •■  ;,„h,'i;'r , » i!--,. ..i..  .i--  -  "-^^ 

s;:- ,;-^::;K"'r;s..;:~;:^'rv;r  i;rs»;.;'V.; : - • •-  - 

f'.,s'.       If  tU.y  iiavtlMt,  ili^iiU  riK'lit. 

Comoany,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  dated  ot.i  vti 
(company,  s  ^^  ^^^^  yukon,  June  27. 

Vxr     !.   Hprn-stmssen^ersteatiuT  t()aiTiv('fioinup  tilt  mi,^  1^^^  -  ^  ^      ^^  ^^.j^,,  ,{3 


day.'     'Hurrah  for  tluMu'wrnoMti,  •     .("rS  f'iu-i      ."'•'".'"•"« -''T''''   ""   «a'"'    'o- 

Jack.son,  C'oimiii^.s  oner  of  I'ducation  for  Al.wk..    i  ....  "'        •..    V.  couitcsy  of  IJr.  Slieldon 
for  him,  nn.l  waH.,n  the  W  in' soon  aHe^^^^^^^^^^^  !'  "  ''*"'*  Hent  out 

siKhts  even  more  won.lerful     Fron^  11  iVmVu.  r.,  i  "'« '"'^t  UHlouiidmK  news  and  saw 

nan/a  creeks.  l».th  hranc   es  of     rkl   , ulik  ■  t   o  l^  "",.'1'^  ElSorado  and   Bo- 

tory  has  heen'nmde  the  past  w  n   .r     'iCnVlia    L  J      -^ Vn         ?  '"*"  ^'"7''^«»   ""'""g  «'i8- 
pnly  a  few  white  men  remaining  and       wm  n   tt  Hr'iestT.  v  w.f7.'""''''^^'  '"  ■^'''^''  ^''^y^ 

JoineXJe^J^^S^^ril'iH'i^^  «'  C'l^^iSof-K 

not  talk,  hut  wi  l^gZs  LkV  "trS  hoJe  TX" ,  ■  '^^'"•"° V""  '^  ^'"'^  """^  °^  »''«  >»^"  "'i " 
filled  with  the  glitt^eri-ng  Si:S"of.  Ijuatti  Khefr"l^o"S;rrns"''  ''""^"'^^  ^^'^•^^^'-'-' 
.  Il\^r/'''',?;,;ril'rJ'!.''*:"';?r  «l^''?  «!""lliH-.holders.  an.l  from  him  I  ohtained  the  fol 


have  retfiiiie.    all.    Konie  of  the  fnllov,  in.'  «/»»,..,!!!„  .k  *'«O.000  tliemseh e,,.  others 

'MeS^rirr.sr,j-;gi./;™;^« 

£e^&4K'Ke?-  ^  HHlffiir  Ti  V'»f  P  -  «-'»!^ 

Emcher.  Harrv  01e.on?CharierAnde  on  Ue  rv  pSh^^'H^n"-^^"''"^^  ^-  ^^'''-'''-'  ^^^'^^^ 
John  AVilliamson.  -^nauson,  Uenry  1  lato,  Henry  Dorey,  Honora  Goethier  and 

•' I w^is toff t?^r■f T'^i  ^"'^ >>^'' ^^-^-rl'iLvx'':^^^^^^^         '''"■■ 

be  had  L^rd  ;°  ii'i"eV;fe.S   tSe'  ?eZ;re^.^^S  }^'"'"'?  «' P'-^-tion,  but  that 

P^^Sl^"&S~^^ 

from  !S75  to  !?l.-,0.     He  begged  of  me  an  oran,rp  nlri  i^        u  ,^  of  similar  size,  ranging 

worth  about  .?0,  which  I  rffuaecl      I  K^our^f  1^  exchange  otfered  me  a  nugget  of  lold 

and  was  giveAal  the  cigars  I  would  t^U^  %h^T  -^^^  *"''"  P'.  ^°',  ^'"^  and  his  comrades, 
The  rawfurnip8,anrefen  potatoes,  were  eag  ri/e^u'.ht'°and'^'  '^°'^°^'.  '^^^"*•^  ^  P'^^«' 
from  the  Portland,  there  wai'almost'a  rl^t,  sottg^w^aflhe^SesiTe  for  Sm?^  Several  o?th^ 


aui 

He 

m: 
ag 


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tk 


"In.   fatliPM  and  frie„,|„ 

hK  reKjon   on   oart),    to. 
,„V'tl,«  !''"*'  'r'*^  '"■"•'••e'J 
I     !"«■  prosHure  on  oapt 
Kti.oI'ortlan.hverohTv 

bouilcsy  of   I)r     yi"  11    • 

(oundinir  news  ...,,1 
'"e  h  dorado  and   Bo- 
'  American  mining  his- 
'"•I'ode  in    Circle  Citv 
».  H  new  roKion,  is  l,o„£: 
one  seem.H  able  to  tell 
i.'antuieK   that  it  Reoms 
gold,  and  that  moUTt 
j  <'annot  J,.arn   exactJv 
','"'••  freight  of  g,K 
many  of  ti.e  me*'n  will 
KJ  other  odd  receptacles, 

y-   *(i.OOO;    N.  BiurceV' 
terman,  si 0,000.     Othe^ 

Y.UUO  tllem8el^•tM,  others 
I'ave  treasure  with  the 

•ni  Stanley,  .f  1 10  oco;  j. 
tollowin.'  men  refige 

Honora  Goethier  and 
dying  of  teurvv.     m 

ssy  eyes  and  said : 
liardluck.' 

of  privation,  but  that 
:     v^  ,•  ^^''nients.  of 
,•    tie  had  .'«!50,000  in 
I'anhisown.    He  was 
"Kl  two  children,  and 
«nui]ar  size,  ranging 
me  a  nugget  of  goia 
'"  ^"''  1"8  comrades, 
ors  oO  cents  a  piece, 
fKo    of  onions  came 
them.  Several  of  the 


in  on  in'aii-i,  b  en.  iinil  intaiLor' 
Till'  litt'f  iiKciicy  Htoie  iit  St,  ^ii- 


19 

liickx  iiiiiiers  went  aboard  liw  I'lrtlai  cl  and  there  K'V  ''"'  «tewaril  >!.l(i  foi-  a  ciinnt  r  nt  .seven 
plates  I  ate  at  tlie  h  inie  (able,  ihinigli  hut  as  their  i;iic-it.  as  my  iliiii  er  was  |  aid  for,  'rhce 
men  iite  hUe  fiinislii'd  wnlvi  s,  aliil.  as  the  \ariuiis  coiiiscs  were  bnniLjbl  on.  laiinbed  like 
plo.ised  childri'ii.  Mcstof  tbeMX  v  |ia-iHi'ii|^ers  nlioard  the  Wear.',  which  sljiitt  d  Iroin  winter 
(juarter^  after  the  ice  f-tai ted  in  ilie  YiiUon,  bad  lieen  liviii; 
lia 'd  tack.  I'^r  fnmi   si.\   nionib-i  to  a  y»  ar  ;  some  biiiK*'''- 

eliael  was  bt  sic^^i  d  for  bol  lied  cider,  canned  |iiiii'a|i|>le  .  npricot  -.  cli.ri  i-  s,  or  aiiyl  biiig  tart, 
and  at  a  doUar  a  bottle  cider  wt  iil  bki'  ^'iiiiidrn|is  at  a  Siiiiday-s<'bool  picnic. 

"After  my  dinner  o;i  buiud  tie-  I'oi  tiaiid  I  l<  bowed  the  •even  ibiifrs  to  the  Wf  are, 
and  tiiere  mt  t  a  captain  of  inoiiniril  pohci',  « Ji  1  r.  fu-ii  d  to  albnv  nie  lie  use  of  liis  name. 
Me  was  of  the  (Jobl  Co  iiniis-ion  of  the  Itritisli  (io\criimeiit.  iiinl  knew  to  ivi  ounce  what  lach 
man  abo:ird  tiie  Weaie  litid  lirou^'lit  out  or  ob'.aineil.  I  askeiT  \\in  if  w  hat  liiey  bad  briuigbt 
aggregated  ■'<T"o,()()()V     Fie  launbed  aii'l  said  : 

"  '  Von're  not  vi  ry  warm." 

"  'Was  it  over  a  iiiiilioii,  Captain  V 

" 'You're  netiii^  wanner.  Init  I  slian't  talk  of  those  boys  and  their  Undines.  Do  you 
want  a  history  of  the  timl '.'  If  so,  I  can  give  yon  that.  You  are  the  lirst  iit'w.>-|)aper  man 
that  has  reached  the  Yukon  since  our  own  lull  Mull  Ihrx'tli'  man  wc  it  tbroii^li  last  summer, 
The  riche-it  gild  strike  tbe  woiM  has  ever  l,iiowii  was  made  in  tlic  Klondike  rei;ion  last 
August  and  .September,  but  the  iiew.^  did  not  uei  even  to  Circle  City  iint  1  .September  I,"), 
when  t'lere  was  a  stampede.  It  is  true  that  Circle  C^ity  is  desertid.  l>uL  three  white  men 
and  several  Indi  ms  and  w  )nieii  came  out  to  greet  us  as  we  came  down. 

■•George  ( 'ormack  made  the  liist  great  strike  on  Honaiiza  tJreek  August  13,  and  on  Aug- 
ust 10  seven  claims  wer.'  tiled  in  that  region.  Word  got  t  >  Forty  Mile  an  I  ('ircle  City,  but 
the  new.s  was  looke  1  on  as  a  urub-stake  iiimor. 

''Decemtier  b").  however,  authentic  news  was  carried  to  Circle  City  bj-  J.  JI.  Wil.-on,  of 
the  Alaska  Commercial  Company,  and  Thomas  O'Hrii  n,  a  trader.  They  c  nried  not  only 
news,  but  (irospects.  and  the  ureatest  slamiied-A  evtr  heard  of  ht  once  commenced.  Those 
who  made  the  ;!(I0  miles"  Journey  the  ((uickest  struck  it  the  richest.  Of  all  the  L'ttO  claims 
stake<l  out  on  the  lionan/.a  and  Kldorailo  not  one  has  proved  a  blank.  As  1  came  out  I  had 
aut  leiitic  informatii>n  to  the  effect  that  eipially  rich  limls  had  lieen  made  on  .June  0  to  10  on 
Dominion  Creek.  The  last  creek  heads  at;  Hunker  Creek  a-ul  runs  int(j  In  lian  Creek,  and 
both  run  into  the  Klondike.  Three  huiulred  claims  have  already  been  staked  out  on  this 
Indian  Creek,  and  the  surface  indications  show  that  they  are  as  rich  as  any  of  the  others, 

"The  largeit  nugget  yet  found  was  picked  out  by  Hurt  Hudson  on  Claim  Six  of  the 
IJonanza.  and  is  worth  a  little  over  ■^'i'it).  The  m-xt  largest  was  found  by  J,  Clements,  and 
was  worth  |'.'31.  The  last  four  pans  Clements  took  out  ran  iJ'J.OOO,  or  an  average  of  ^OOO 
each,  and  one  of  them  went  •tTT,").  liigger  tiockels  have  been  struck  in  the  Caiiboo  region 
and  in  California,  but  nowhere  on  earth  have  men  picked  up  so  nuich  gold  in  so  short  a  time. 
A  young  man  named  Meecher.  not  on  your  list,  camedow  n  afoot  and  by  dog  sledge,  starting 
out  early  in  March.  He  brought  $13,000  to  .'Jil.'5,00l)  with  bim  He  was  purser  on  the  WeHre 
last  summer,  and  went  in  after  the  close  of  navigation  in  October  or  .Septemler,  About  De- 
cember l.j  ho  got  a  chance  to  work  a  shift  on  share-",  and  in  sixty  daj's  made  his  stake, 
which  is  rbout  !?40,0IJ0.  He  has  purchased  a  claim  or  two.  You  will  lind  more  gold  in  cir- 
culation in  Dawson  than  you  ever  saw  in  all  your  life.  Saloons  take  in  |:{.0(.0  lo  Sl,O0O  each 
per  night.  Men  who  have  been  in  all  parts  of  the  world  where  gold  is  mined  say  they  never 
saw  such  (luantities  takei  in  so  short  a  time. 

"Youmty  safely  say  that  .^2. "iO'. 000  has  been  taken  from  the  ground  on  the  liritish 
side  within  the  past  year,  and  about  $1,000,000  from  the  ^iiuerican  side.  The  diggirgs  around 
Circle  City  and  in  the  older  places  are  rich  enough  to  satisf3-  any  ordinary  deaiand,  but  they 
have  all,  or  nearly  all,  been  temporarily  left  for  the  new  fields.  There  are  probably  2,50 
men  working  in  the  mines  outside  Circle  City,  but  there  would  have  been  L.'jOO  bad  not  the 
new  strike  been  made.  Should  the  new  field  play  out.  which  is  a  thing  impo-tsible,  the  older 
diggings  would  be  returned  to  and  with  protit.     Hjwever,  the  new  finds  are  not  going  .0 


li,H 


T 


20 


IS  i;() 

liouses.  The  gn'cu- 
fiitiny  \vi;ik  is  at- 


])lav  (,iU.  There  i«  oiiougli  in  sight  to  confirm  the  belief  that  tin  se  new  digpinuw  cannot  he 
exiiauKled  in  ten  veirs.  ()t  course.  coini<aralive  little  Rokl  is  I  eing  taken  i.at  iiow.  for  the 
stroair.s  are  too  hij;ii,  hut  tlierc  is  much  that  was  drifted  and  pile!  up  layt  winter  that  is  i\ot 
yet  washed. 

•  '•  Dol  know  Prof.  T.  C.  Li|ip\  ,wlio  was  fori\  erlv  SecrelMiv  of  the  Y.  J[.  C.  A.  at  Seat- 
tle? Yes.  lie  came  in  lust  fall  with  hiinliv  a  ^vtih  slake,  lie  has'a  claim  out  of  winch  he  has 
taken  ¥•■>(),( (lO.  with  .^UOO  OliO  moic  in  sight.  J  slundd  saj-  his  i  hdni  wns  worth  sJiinO.OOO,  lut 
that  would  1)^  a  risk,  and  he  may  tiever  get  that  nut  of  it.  Hi' mav  get  so\  cral  millions.  I 
am  glad  to  he.ir  tliat  his  father  and  two  l)!'oihers  are  aboard  this  boat. 

'•  He  will  liKik.' them  all  lich.  1  ciuld  sit  here  all  niglit  and  t(  II  joii  incirlenlsof  tin- 
exeitemeni  .iiid  finds,  but  tins.'  y(,u  can  IIikI  you?self,  if  you  get  there.  You  will  see  tin  re 
how  we  run  thin;.;s.  I  am  proud  to  say  tha"  our  niountid' police  have  been  apprecia.ed  by 
the  miners,  and  we  have  the  most  orderly  mining  community  in  the  world.  There 
thief,  no  chiim  jumping,  n  >  cheating  or  swindling  in  the  many" gambling 
liorn  gets  an  hone  it  gime  and  o\cry  man's  hand  is  aliove  board.  It  any 
tenijited  we  run  the  o(l'« mler  out. 

"Tiie  otdy  tiling  1  tear  i:;  a  famine  U\o  c(,ming  winter.  The  united  efV..rts  of  tlie  Alaskii 
Commercial  Comjiany  an  I  the  North  .\n.)"rican  Transportation  and  Tniding  Company  canm  t 
tran.sport  ov<  r  4. .■)()()  tons  ofl'reight  up  th.^  river  this  sea-on,  and  not  until  lie.xt  I'Vbruarv 
can  stuir  be  freighted  over  from  Dyea.  Juneau,  and  other  points  down  along  the  (Sou'herii 
coast.  There  «  as  great  suirerhig  hi.st  winter,  and.  though  no  one  starve<l, 'food  rates  .'ud 
ratesfor  everything  in  thesuppiv  line  were  beyoi  d  belief.  Fknr  was  !Sl:.>i)  a  hundiedw  ei<.]it 
at  one  tiu!c.  and  bef  from  ij;!  to  .■:;■,'  a  jiound.  :\loo.so  hams  sold  for  about  i?:j(),  or  .S'3  [er 
pound.  Ordinary  shovels  for  digging  m ought  sir  and  sjis  a]ii<ce,  and  oth  r  stufT  of  that- 
kind  cotdd  not  be  obtained.  A  few  crates  (  f  eggs  w  ere  brought  in  about  JIarch  1  by  iiark 
ho'v^e,  and  the.se  sold  readily  fot  s)!  to  ij:.")  a  d  '/en.     They  were  not,  fresh  by  any  means. 

"  Wages,  however,  were  proportional;  ^•.'  per  hour  w,is  lommon  waj.'e>.  and  even  now 
in  these  long  days  a  man  can  comm  ind  sl.oO  p  'r  hour  up  there,  or  from  J^b")  to  .fJO  i)er  cay. 
The  ri\  er  steamers  camiot  lieep  crews  tins  suniniei-,  for  all  run  away  to  the  mines  as  i 
they  g>-t  in  that  regioa.  Indians  are  all  the  hel])  that  e  in  be  kept. "and  even  tl 
something  in  the  )'''ie  of  locating  claims. 

•  Th'  man  wiio  goes  in  this  coming  winter  over  the  Odlkat  and  Chilkoot  passes,  or 
the  man  who  goes  in  this  su:nmer  by  this  steand)oat  route,  should  take  in  two  years"  grun. 
I  understand  that  steamb mt  comj)anieM  will  not  carry  grub  or  merchandise  for  any  man?  ami 
that  they  are  making  a  tlat  jiassenger  rate  of  sl,-)0  f<u-  any  port  from  Seattle  to  Dawscn. 
This  means  that  they  will  gets  veral  thou.sand  pf^ople  in  tli'ere  this  season,  and  if  thev  do  not 
get  enough  grub  in.  grub  will  be  high.  Not  less  ih  ui  1,000  newcomerscame  .ver  thls'saring . 
and  liow  many  will  come  by  boa^r  we  Ciin  only  ion  j^'cture, 

••We  British  are  pleased  that  your  people  h.'ive  expressed  cenfldence  in  Ogilvie'spow.'r 
to  deternnne  the  boundary  line  In  my  opinicm  he  is  the  most  able  man  that  could  ha\  e 
been  i-ecured.  1  do  not  thiidv  we  shall  have  any  tncable.  The  only  way  we  ( ould  retalia  e 
wotdd  be  to  pass  an  alien  law  which  would  shut  Americans  out  of  the  miiie-i.  As  it  is.  Amen 
cans  are  with  us  lifteen  t)  one,  ami  all  this  gold  is  going  to  your  centres.  Rig  corp'oratimis 
have  not  as  yet  cdlared  the  mines,  nor  will  they.  The  nnn'ers  are  a  power,  and  so  long  as 
tliey  show  the  judgment  they  do  now  our  (iov*  rnment  will  back  them." 

"  '  Are  there  any  women  in  the  uiggingsV 

"  '  Yes,  there  are  a  few  lots  of  women.  Tlie  only  claim  holder  among  them  when  1 1-  ft 
was  a  non-resident,  Miss  Flora  SU>in.  of  Naniamo,  British  Columbia." 

•'  There  was  much  more  that  I  learned  of  this  man  and  other  men  direct  from  the  mines. 
Just  when  1  can  get  to  the  region,  and  get  out  is  haid  to  i<ay.  The  only  chance  at  present  iii 
sight  is  tlie  P.  B.  Weare.  and  even  first  class  passengers  must  sleep  on  her  decks  in  blankets 
over  all  the  I', 300  miles  of  her  route.  She  is  liable  to  he  stuck  on  a  bar  in  the  river,  as  the 
Indian  crews,  though  willing,  are  irre^iionsible  and  simple  as  children. 

"  The  Alaska  Commercial  Company  'viecked  one  of  their  steamers  by  dynamite  last 


so   11  ;  s 
are  doing 


iw'inwumwi 


5e  new  digK'i'M"  fMiiiKjt  lie 
IK  takfii  I. at  now.  for  llie 
i  up  layt  winter  that  is  not 

oftlie  Y.  J[.  C.  A.  at  Seat- 
flaini  out  of  wliich  he  lias 
1  WHS  vvortli  !?:j.")0.000,  lut 
y  K't  Fe\t'ral  inijlions.  I 
lat. 

il  till  joii  incideiilsoi  (lii- 
tliei  ('.     You  will  see  th(  re 


been 


appreeiaied 


1  llie  world.  There  is  i;o 
riibling  liouses.  The  green- 
It  any  funny  woik  is  at- 

nited  efV..rts  of  the  Alaska 
ITriiding  Cdinpany  cai.m  t 
1  no(  until  liext  February 
lown  along  tlie  fSouiherii 
'  starved,  food  rates  iind 
was  !Six;o  a  hundred\\ei<.]it 
'or  about  iJoO,  or  S'3  |  er 
?,  and  oth  r  stutT  of  that 
In  ahout  JIarcli  1  by  jiark 
fre>-h  by  any  means, 
nicin  \\ajre>.  and  even  now 
!■  from  !^!."i  to  ^'iO  jier  ('ay. 
ay  to  tin  mines  as  so  ii  Ts 
t,  and  even  tlu;,-  are  doing 

t  and  CJiilkoot  passe«.  or 
1  take  in  two  years"  gru II. 
•handise  for  any  man,  and 
from  Seattle  to  Dawson, 
season,  and  if  they  do  imt 
er.scame   (ver  thisspring. 

ifldeiue  in  Ogilvie'8ro%\  .■!• 
able  man  that  could  Imxe 
ly  way  we  ( ould  retalia  e 
le  niiiie-i.  As  it  i-*.  Amen 
?entres.  Rig  corporations 
•e  a  power,  and  so  long  a.s 
lem."' 

T  among  them  when  I  !■  ft 

a." 

len  direct  from  the  mines. 

only  chance  at  present  in 
[)  on  her  decks  in  blankets 

a  bar  ia  the  river,  as  the 
ren. 
Reamers  by  dynamite  last 


^:;^  oat'md'tlie  --uno.-s  can  iu-  lo:ule,L  ^  ^^ 

''The  weallur  wcleai.  i.i!,i,ni,  aii  ■ 

...boutfertyd.y.  ;::^t^nS!''^^rrsh^u'ei5;::fo 

[  reiiid'er,  which 
The  doctor  also 
suctions  at  the  far  Xorlb.  if  ice  will  permit 


torcu'b  ihe  States  wiih  another  mail 

luck  and   get  up  ih^<  nvcr  an-l 

,.,.!,  o!^r   ,0  Siberia  on  the  rev.  nue 


mmimim^^^=-''^' 


The  AM.-WW  mn  oi  Iun.au  Leave  ior  the  Gold  Fields.  ■ 

, H A,»*.wi.l>no,— f.;-:.-f'>-^ 


|R(liort  froi 


T 


with  the  inteiKion  of  remaining  and  minins?  witheut  having  at  least  .«!1  .',00  or  »' 0<10  Tf 
It^.L^^^'^'T  *."  '•';*">•*'.»"»">-  linds.  unifthe  expenses  of  livinra,Venr.,ou!'  In  ihe 
liSg  "'         ^'"'"'"  '■'^'""  ''^  ''^'  "''^"'  *^''''°"  ^^'"  '»'«  Pl^^i^^^st  kiml  of 

Young:  Man  from  Indiana  Returns  Home  from  the  Klondike  Gold  Fields  with 

$50,000. 

Nkw  Caui.isi.i;  Im,..  July  23._F,;ink  Physcafor,  of  (Jalion.  MIcl.     seven  miles  no-tl, 

S!dS'J;;;ti:^f'^"^*„!^;;:?tf  *^  ''"^"^^'"^  ^'^^"-'^^  ^^•''"  '^  ^-'  Vork.ira,^r  ^i^lK'^^nli 

A i=.L-.?^'-;i^'''"r-^"V  ^'*'a'V"^  '"'  *'"".'"■  ''■•^'■**  «"amp?d  in  the  sawmill  l.nsinesi.     He  went  to 

to!^'^u^i^(!i;i^:'fo;?;'^ar"^  ""'^"'"^  *''^'^  ^••"^••^  «"'"• "-'  -•" «-  ^n^^^^ 

weeks^on'um:  Km/:;!,!:;  op^raSn'"  ""  ''«'"''«'-'^'  -^'^  -'"  ««  ^^^^^^  to  Ala.ka  in  a  few 

Tnf.in'^l'r  "'^'''■''  *'■*""■  "'*"  l^i<"'<'il^('  re-ion  is  or  a  very  enconia-ing  character.     C  M,t  Fr.meis 
Tattle    the  eo.nman.ier  of  the  levenue  cutter  Hear,  has  uriuen  i,rfrien,ls  in  New  York  fiom 
St.  Michael  .^.  stat.t^g  thai  in  view  ,.f  the  gold  fever  he  I  as  .real  dUlicnltv  in    relai   in^ The 
members  ol  h.s  crew.     Many  of  tl,en,  a.e  g.,1,1  m.d.  as  a  derkhan     '   h     « J  dilcira'^  u  las 
September  went  to  the  gold  lieldsan.l  h»s  made  ffloO.OOO.  uisciiaigf.d  last 


More  Talcs  About  the  Riches  Brougfht  to  Seattle  by  the  "Gold  Ship 

Portland. 


f  f7'"'v/''Af''  t^'"f'''°'''n  Trans,.o,tatioM  Company's  steamer  I'ortland   has  reai 
tfiomht.  Michael  with  abont  a  million  and  a  .pnirter  in  gold,  and  ^iM   -.  .^r 

"on ;  ^•^""••'/'V'"'  r'fy^T  '?^"''  "'■"'  '''^"'  '^'  '•""'■'■  ••^'"1  "'"  ""^'  "'■  them  has 
nnn  «,...,.  ,.,..i.,..  „f  „.,„,.„  i,.,.sbepn  taken  from  Kloi  ,Ukv  within  the  yeai 

iii:ers.  with  acoiiipeteiicy  now  on  iheir  iland^.  iiave  claiti 


por 

aboa 

130,000.  every  dollar 

Jlost  of  these  m. 
lously  rich  region  which  tliey  say  wiii'lirt\'iiVMM'liund'iVds  uf  il,,,nsi,ii(1s  moix 

1  he  hi-.-t  authentic  news  of  the  Portland   v\  as  obtain,  d 
vessel  early  th's  mo     '  "  " 


eadied  tliis 
t  miners 
ess  than 


us  in  that  iabu- 


ly  ])er>oi^ 


vessel  early  ths  inonnng  olf  l'o:t  Angeles.     The  Portland  i-a.sed    ,      the  Sound   with  , 
than  a  ton  of  gold  on  boani.     ]„  the  .aptaiii's  cabin  svere  tlire.  chests  an.l  a  I   rue  a  fe 
with  the  precious  nu.gets.  n.  .^;  of  it  tt.ken  out  of  the  urmind  in  !es,.  than     I  lee  mont 
last  winter.     In  size  the  nuggets  are  the  size  of  a  p.a  to  a  guinea  c-g 


who  hoarded  the 
more 
filled 
IS  of 


feet, 


IMS  STIilKES  UY  •'TENDIIUFKi;?." 

••  wbtl'";?  n"'r/'^"V'"^  *°  •'"'  ""/''■"''  '"  """  ""•  '•'-  ^""'■^■^  "*■'•<'  «"n.le  by  the  "tender- 
and  th^  N^.K^i'l^r;.;,;:^^"""'^'  "'""■"  ^■•^'  ^•"^^••'"^  '-"'^"^''^  -'"  '---"  *»  Alask^a 

i.,.o  I  ^''o't""t'  s,;,'""''"  t".  s'»il«^  on  tlif  inexjierienc,  d  n.en  who  went  bito  the  minin  <■  districts 

ate  last  year.     '1  1,..  stones  they  tell  seem  increoihle.     I,  stance,  aie  noted  wlu,  e  "iZ.  k  S 

v.dualsliHve  tiikeii  out  in  two  months  -•''     " '         -  ■-         •■'"'■>ii  mHoI^  moi 


(  birence  Heiry,  of  Fiesno,  t'i,| 


e. 
gol  I  to  the  \ali:(>  of  over  stil.^O.dOd. 
went  Id  the  Yukon   in    I  MM),  and  jnospected  several 


yva,^withoutsucce.s.  (o  returned  hon.e  la.taulunm  an  I  wastuanXuidx-ki  la^deu 
the  Klo.ul.ke  laK  Nuveinb  r.  lie  is  now  „n  the  Porilan.<l  with  .-ftlin.iloO.  4  ,1  PI  I  ',0, 
of  i.aro.hi,   Mtc!,.    ,s  another  luekv  min.r.     He  went  to  the  Klondike  last  a        n  n    ,, '      4 

s;;i^ro:'ns'u;eSlL'''"'''"'  "^"'"^ "'"'""'  '"^'  ^'^'"^  "'">  '■"^^'  "'^'"  ""•-  ^-^SaL:^^:^ 


Ti:e   PoitluK 
abiva-t  (f  Pott  An 


THr:   I'OKTI.AM)   IIKT   AliliEAST  OF  l'(  IHT   AXOF.LKS. 

w;is  slopped   in  the  middle  (if  the  straits  ;it  two  oVIock  tl 


I    ,   1.   ,  i"  ■  . .      ,. ."'■"",.'■,"; •■■^•^t.i   i»>' >' inn  IV  mis  morning, 

.      ,,     ,   .     ,..,,    .,  ''■''•  I'i  'he. Sia  Lion.     As  I  climbed  ever  the  steamer's  side  and  was  me( 
.y  Captain  Kuhton  a  crowd  of  min.rs  gal  lured  ab.ut.eigvr  to  hear  the  lateVt  locaVnews 


En 
an( 

ur« 

m( 

ler 

nr 

$i 
yo 

m 
lit 
is 
m 
th 
in 


b 

S( 

o 

tl 

e 

ii 

n 

s 


T 


least  .$l,r)00  or  f2.0<X>.  It 
g  are  eiior:;iou8.  In  llie 
10  for  the  pl;iinest  kiiul  of 

like  Gold  Fields  with 


licli.,  seven  miles  novtii 
irk  tlraft  for  $40,00(1,  ami 

II  iMisines-i.  He  went  to 
I   with  five   Indians  ihey 

>  l)ark  to  Alas^ka  in  a  few 

liaiacter.  C  i)t.  Fr.mcis 
icnils  i!i  New  York  from 
linilty  in  reiaiiiiiig  (lie 
A  lio  was  discharged  last 


he  "Gold  Ship  " 

tlaiid   has  readied  tliis 

and  ^i.\l.v-^i•;lit   mim-rs 

e  ul'  tlieni  hasle^is  than 

th(^  J  ear. 

avo  claims  in  that  iabu- 

li^i  more. 

■.-oils  who   hoanied  tlie 

tlu'  Sound   with  more 
s  and  a  larj;e  Hi.fe  filled 

than  three  months  of 


'  nmdi'  by  the  "  tender- 
uul  iniviiiion  in  Alaska 

ito  the  mining  districts 
•led  wheie  hinjile  indi- 

1.1(1. 

ind  jirospecled  several 
1,  and  ti)ok  iiis  hriile  lo 
,<iOO.  IVaidj  Pliisjalor, 
ic  last  autumn,  aiii  is 
1  three  n)t)nihs,  and  lie 


)  o'clock  this  morning, 
ler's  side  and  was  met 
!•  the  lates-t  local  news 


1 


88 


so 

E„«,ing  „«  captain',  cabin.  ,he  .kIpper  poin„d  to  a  come,  in  .  ,„ci,  ™  piied  ...,ce  ,»x» 
and  a  large  safe.  i  fi.„t  anf..'-"' he  said      •' Well,  they  contain  m  round  hg- 

'^"  Another  tinCe  the  second  larg.  st  ''"iset  e^se    found  |'  f't  ^  ^^^,^.„  ,„,„  ,„  take  out 
J7(Sir!ia;^rfdifS.n;''of^u^iX^;S'w;anouna  in  pockets,  and  those  hnds 

^°"^^",^tu^"nS  ad^LI^^^X'u;  take  i"  an  outfU  that  ;^Uicost  le^^^^ 

must  expect  to  he  disappointed,  -"<\'l-;„^:^;!^"^^i^„X  W^^  to  Itdke'it  rich.     The  country 
finding  a  paying  claim  and   again.  '''^/"'^  .  ^^^ '"^n^^geHo  the  rigors  of  Arctic  winds.     If  a 
is  wild,  rough,  and  full  of    '.ardships  lor  f  o^°/ ,"f  ^^.f^.^.^'.re  hardship  and  sufferings      But 
^:^^i^^liX^^l^^  --rd  a  hard  worker  with  a  comfortahle 
income  for  life.  ^^^^^^^  hundred  ci.aims  staked  out. 

inspector  Strickland,  of  the  C^>nad^i  mou^  P-J^ce^s  -  route  to  ^.^^^^^^ 
business.     He  said  there  were  only  two  "\'»'"«  ^{3,^:  '■.  aistricls.     He  added  : 
secTi^n   and  they  are  called  the"  Hunker    and  '  Bo"''^^^        f    eigl  t  hundred  claims  staked 
.'  When  I  left  Dawson  fity  a  'V?^"ii'  Tnns  nd  wr  ons    here     We  can  safely  say  that 
out,  and  there  were  between  two  and  three  thoimand  P^'  «»^  \^^  ^^^.^i^ed  out  will  atford 

there  was  about  $1,500,000  m  gold  mined  la=t  winter.     1  ne 
employment  for  aliout  5,000  nien.  passengers.     He  left  his  son  in  charge  of  his 

$-15,000  spot  cash ,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale. 

ALL  uirnuN  WITH  f'«f^"-       „„,     Tlie  'on  is  in  charge  of 

T.  J.  Kelly.  ofTacoma,  --"* '/V^n'nufl^^S-  ^''-'"  ^^ 
the  claim,  and  the  father  is  "'"^.-.V'*^  '  ,^/'{^  iVi^un  1^^-  >?52.oo0.     -  iUib "'  Strong,  of  Port 

.. Tl,«.  men,"  ,aia  0,«,l'':rS*m/»;.cVl!^^^^^^^^ 
,1,0  Vnkoncrs  cull  .Ol,.cl,ool»,c»-  ;•;  """"'"S',  ;.'       ,'  ;   ,(,..„,  ,1,>"'  t.i,.  Ir.m.  Si.  Mid.^cl  I 

Si!  ami  no.bing  on  ,l,c  ta.t  was  soc.l  cnongi,  t..  tlun. 


34 

Report    of    Mrs.  Clarence  Boycc,  who  went  to  the    Klondike   Gold    Fields   on 

Her  Wedding  T.-ip  and  Picked  up  $10,000  on  the  Claim  of  Her  Husband. 

The  iollowii!^-  advice  whs  ncoived  from  San  Francisco,  dalcl  July  21- 

ihe  Klondike  mlVclioii  U  bi-iunin-  to  inilamc  fii  nnciers  in  S,in  Francisco.     Bankers 
professional  nien  hud  niorcl.itnts  are  among  the  crowds  rreparing  to  oml  ark.     At  the  PaciHc 
"n-    t' A  *''''  ""^  ^"l""'  "'  "'"vernation  is  tlio  great  Arctic  (iolconda. 

tullOveiton,  sonof  Judge  A.  ''.  Overton,  a  (Jalifornia  milhonaire,  leaves  to-morrow 
niglit  in  con,p:,ny  with  his  brother-in-law,  F.dward  J.  Livernash,  a  prominent  law  1m  and 
.imunahst.  They  will  proceed  hy  rail  to  Seattle,  where  berths  haVo  bl  en  secu  cd  for  them 
on  the  Mexico,  which  leaves  that  city  Sunday,  Mr.  O.erton  is  an  experiei;ced  minin"  e  ! 
gineerot  Arizona.  In  this  trip  to  the  Klondike  he  represents  mining  niaclunery  inteiTst" 
T^l,Jl\  <•""'•«•"  l"">s<-;'f  "'ul  his  as^i.tants  in  a  search  for  the  moilur  lode  from  wlierce 
CO  e^.,  1  '  '^MM  '"•'  '^''"-^t  ^'t  ."»'  Klondike.  When  gold  .pnulz  formatiors  are  dis 
co\en  J    i!(.  uiU  begi.i  the  imixrtation  of  stamp  mills  and  concentrators 

Mr.  1  ivernash  \vill  go  to  tlie  Kloiuiike  as  a  pleaaiie  seeker  and  ol  set  ver.  IIo  resi"iis 
as  news  editor  ol  the  h.r.u.tuu'r  to  nuikr  the  trip.  They  will  outlit  at,  Seattle,  bavin-  made 
special  arrangements  with  Uv  Mexico  to  carry  enough  provi.-io.is  to  keep  them  a  year!  They 
wdl  go  by  boat  to  Dyea,  and  tlietice  Overland.  '  ^ 

MOW   CLAIMS   ARE    SECURED. 

W  lli'im  Ledbelter,  acanal  and  lailroail  )iromoter,  will  go  on  the  Excelsior.  Leslie 
•Aic.Murtry.  a  mmiiig  eiigmeer,  is  organizing  a  fomiMuy  that  will  ^o  into  the  Yukon  for  trad- 
ing purp(ses.  Williams  liros..  fashionable  tailors,  are  .sending  members  of  their  firm  to 
local.'  (laims  in  their  nano.     Thi.s  is  being  done  quitllv  by  manv  iironunent  p.  rsors. 

Iv.iry  berth  on  iho  Ex(  elsior  has  been  eitlur  j.aid  or  spoken  for.  and  still  the  neonle 
continue  to  uuiuue  lor  a  Iditicjiial  af cominodation.     All   day  the  ctiice  of  the  Alaska  Com- 


mercial Company  was  croude  1  with  adveiiuiiers  anxions  to 


make  the  trij).     Those  coming 


distant")'''  ',';^^' ''°"''-'  '"^''  '  ®  'i'-^^«'iinn..dafed.     Numtrous  iii(|uiries'  also   came   by"mairfrom 

y'l'r''''''^^  °^  women  are  anxious  to  go.  They  are  excited  over  the  story  of  the 
lind  o.  m-s  Cl.Tcce  Hoyce.  who  picked  up  .-^lO.OOO  on  the  Klondike  in  grains  and  nu- 
gets  on  her  1  i>b:.nd  s  claim,  and  slowed  her  fortune  aw,,y  in  jam  jars  and  jelly  gla.SH-s,  aiHl 
any  litlloemi.ty  Lotties  that  came  bandy      '"      '•  '  '  •'.■'.  J    .  .>  o  •<    <->,  ^nu 

liad  finished  with  her  hou.sehold  duties." 


Sue  did  her  projptcting  between  times,  after  she 


Just  a  year  and  four 


A  STIUNlil-:  WEDDIXU  Tlill'. 

■      ,  months  ag  )  she  left   hor  mother's  home  in  ''     mio  a  bride.     Bv 

way  ot  Seattl.' si, e  went  to  Juneau.  tnenacro.ss(.'liilcot  Pass  to  Fortv    Mile  iJitv,  and  from 
'  " '  li"-'  Klondike.     Jt  was  the  li-st  long  journey  she  had'ever  take 


aiii 


n, 


there  to  Dawson  City 

and  a  strange  one  for  ;i  wedding  tour 

"What  advice  would  1  give  to  a  woman  about  going  to  Alaska?"  she  said  to-day, 
WJiy.  to  stay  away,  ot  cou.-.-o.  It's  no  place  for  a  woman,  I  mean  for  a  woiiuin  al;)ne: 
one  who  goes  to  make  a  livuig  or  a  fortune.  Yes,  there  are  women  going  into  the  mines 
alone;  there  were  wlu  .  %ye  came  out;,  all  with  the  hope  of  getting  big  pay.  Its  much 
bener  for  a  man  tljough,  if  he  has  a  wife  along.  Whatever  stories  of  miserable  livin- 
and  c,xcessn\>  hardshii)s  there  are.  are  about  the  poor  fellows  who  had  not  buflicient  outti't 
or  sullered  by  their  own  poor  cooking. 

-'The  men  are  not  much  at  cooking  up  there,  and  that  is  the  reascn.  they  suffer 
Willi  stoinacb  troubles,  and,  as  some  say  they  tlid,  with  scurvv.  Alter  a  man  his  '■.  orked 
hard  all  d  y  in  the  diggings,  he  doesn't;  feel  much  like  cooking  a  nice  meal  wb.en  he  <roes 
to  his  cabin,  cold,  tired  and  hungry,  and  linds  no  fire  in  the  stove  ;ind  all  the  food  frozen 

-1  ook  an  outfit  of  clotiies  made  especiallv  for  the  trip.  I  got  everything  of  the 
best  uaater:al,  and  found  it  paid  in  the  long  run.    One  doesn't  need  a  great  deal,  and  it  is 


*.- 


^.4. 


1 


|ke   Gold    Ffelds   on 
of  Her  Husband, 

Illy  ^'1: 

I'l'ie,  leaves  to-mono w 
l'">inineiU  hnvyev  and 
'-  fii  secured  for  tiieiu 

>'H  ;  lode  from  ul.er.oe 
,',:!,  'o'-''>-it'or,8  are  di«. 

»^t'lit!ieinuyear.    They 


111-'   Excelsior.     Leslie 
'f;''i'L' Yukon  for  S! 
".'"■'•'^   »f  ilK.ir  firm    o 
"I'wit  pi  r.soD.s 
"••  .'111.1  still  ihe  neoDle 

^'   came   by  mail  /rom 


'  °^,f  "^  the  story  of  the 
'^''  I'    plains  and  lui - 

twt'en  limes,  after 


and 
slie 


i'.^iio  a  bride.  By 
:{''^<^''ty.  and  from 
8l>e  had  over  lakvn, 

'■?•"  *•'»«  said  to-day, 
'or  a  woimui  alone- 

f.'i'i«:  into  the  mines' 
^f  pay.  Its  much 
ot  miserable  livin-r 

I  not  bufficient  outHc 

I'l-ascn  they  suffer 
■  ^  man  hiis  i-  orked 
,  iiH'al  vvlit-nheKoes 

all  the  food  frozen! 

every-thing  of  the 
Kieat  deal,  and  it  is 


best  to  lake  no  more  than  in  actually  necessary  on  account  <if  tiie  irotible  and  exp-nse  of  car- 
rying the  things.  My  outHt  cost  about  $'.'■)().  It  included  three  suits  of  evciything  right 
straigiit  through. 

I'TUS    DKAU    IN    AI,.\SK.\. 

"I  had  very  jieavy  woolen  underwear  ami  kniiteil  w ooh  n  slocking;,-'.  My  skirls  were 
made  shorl,  only  a  little  below  the  knee,  I  had  a  Iieavy  fur  coat  of  marten,  a  fur  cap.  fur 
glovcif,  and  the  heaviest  shawl  I  coidd  get.  Sl..x's  are  not  necessiiry  except  to  go  li>  .luneau 
and  come  bick  from  tliere.  My  fui'  coat  I  took  :rom  here,  because,  s-tranjie  as  it  may  seem, 
furs  coiit  less  and  are  better  here  than  in  Alaska. 

■'A  fur  robe  is  necessary.  We  got  one  up  there  from  a  man  conung  out,  but  it  is  just 
aa  well  for  anyone  going  ui>  to  take  one  along.  Tlie  fur  glo\es  can  be  had  u|i  Iheri'  bette' 
than  here,  liowever,  and  cost  about  S:>.  Moc<'asins  are  worn  in-tead  of  shoes  tbroughoiit  the 
winter,  an<l  muclucs  when  it  is  thawing  anil  wet.  They  lav-  both  to  be  had  thtre  at  frmn  .jll 
to  §1  or  .*.-)  a  );),ir.  Tlie  moccasins  are  made  of  fur  seal,  'with  tlie  fuiry  side  inside  and  the 
inside  out,"  liki;  Minnehaha's  clothing.  Tliev  come  to  the  knee,  or  half  way.  or  all  the  way 
up  the  thigh,  as  you  choose.  They  are  slipi  ed  on  like  a  boot,  and  from  the  instep  the  thongs 
go  across  round  the  leg  like  the  old-fashioned  i-andals.  and  tie  at  the  top.  where  there  is  al^o 
a  draw  string. 

"The  muclucs— that's  the  native  name  for  Ihcm—aie  the  mud  moccasins.  The  .soles 
are  made  waterproof  with  seal  oil.  If  a  woman  keeps  her  feet  warm  her  henltli  is  pretty  .siife, 
and  for  that  reason,  in  addition  to  the  woolen  stockings  and  noei'asins.  1  wore  also  llannel 
iiKsoles.  In  all  the  time  I  was  in  Alaska  1  never  snlfered  fr(>m  frc  sibite— didn't  even  get  my 
Angers  nii)i)eil  or  my  no.'^e — ami  I  wore  no  veil  all  the  time  I  w.as  there.  I  took  a  good  med- 
icine chest  with  me,  too. 

••We  left  Juneau  last  March  with  several  friends,  our  supplies,  and  a  deg  team.  I  put 
on  my  Alaska  uniform  there,  the  heavy  llannels.  waini  drei-s  v.  ith  slioit  skirt,  moccasins,  fur 
coat,  cap  and  gloves,  kept  my  shawl  handy  to  roll  tip  in  case  of  storms,  and  was  rirlled  in  a 
fur  robe  and  butiiiil  to  the  sled,  so  when  it  roiled  over  I  rolled  with  it.  and  many  tumbles  in 
till' snow  I  got  that  way.  The  supplies  for  Mr.  Boyce  and  myself  ineliidi-d  his  clothes,  my 
small  furs,  our  stove,  and  all  our  food,  cost  about  !?^'t)i)  ami  weighed  about  :J.Oi)0  pounds.  Wo 
dill  notconline  ouis>lves  t  )  a  bean  and  bacon  diet.  We  had  jilenty  of  canned  meat",  hams, 
bacon,  dried  fruit-,  and  vegetibles,  ami  all  sorts  of  canntd  things  besides.  We  arranged  for 
as  wholesome  a  diet  as  possible  with  canned  goods. 

"It  took  us  three  months  to  travel  from  Juneau  to  Forty  Mile,  a  distance  of  about  nine 
hundri'd  mill  s.  I  think.  We  traveled  ten  or  twelve  miles  and  occasionally  iifteen  miles  a 
day.  We  couldn't  do  more  becaii'-e  the  dogs  wouldn't  si  and  it.  Up  to  the  summit  we  (at- 
ried  our  own  stores,  and  on  the  other  side  hired  Indians.  We  had  fresh  meat  on  the  way — 
moose  and  caribou. 

"At  first,  when  I  saw  the  dirty  natives  bringing  it  in  their  canoe.s  I  could  not  bring 
myself  to  eat  it.  but  I  soon  changed  my  mind  and  got  to  like  it.  We  pre[)ari'd  our  meals  by 
setting  up  our  stove  right  on  the  ice.  in  the  open  sometimes,  and  at  otiiers  pitched  a  tent  and 
did  our  cook'iig  under  cover,  then  tip  stakes  and  on  again.  .Vt  night  we  pitched  our  tents, 
made  a  bed  of  boughs,  put  blankets  on,  rolle<l  ourselves  in  blankets,  coven  d  onr.'elves  with 
the  fur  robes,  and  slept  well.  We  had  four  pairs  of  heavy  blankets,  and  I  took  two  small 
pillows  along. 

"Our  bedding  was  always  packed  in  an  oil-skin  cover,  and  so  kept  dry  all  the  way. 
The  best  time  made  was  across  La  Barge  Lake.  We  crosseil  the  thirtysi.\  miles  in  a  night. 
They  put  tlie  tent  upon  the  provision  scow  for  me,  and  I  went  to  bed  in  it  and  slept  all  the 
way  across  the  Lewis  river.  We  had  to  make  such  good  time  because  we  were  afraid  the 
ice  would  begin  to  run  and  the  boats  go  under. 

"We  had  a  tine  sunshiny  day  to  cross  the  summit,  but  we  had  to  sit  still  and  wait  two 
weeks  for  it.  We  got  to  Forty  IMile  in  June  and  went  to  the  Klonilike  in  October.  I  stayed 
at  the  post,  now  Dawson  City,  while  the  boys  went  on  to  build  a  cabin.   It  took  me  two  days 


26 
^^^^^S!^^^^£^^!^^^^J^^^  --  «^>0"t  an  inch  Of  water  on  the  ice.  and 

around  oSTeLf?a';XwL^T  for  me  in  ^r\T'"''"r  ^'^  «°°'-' ""^  ^  l^^^l  '<>  «tand 
and  after  it  was  (ixed  ui  it  w^s  ven  comfX  l^-f  k'V  ''''^^^^^^  Z""  ^'""^  "  ^^o-rooui  house? 
curtain  sent  over  for  nj.  We  had  -.nX™,  "'^  Klondike.  The  boys  iiad  a  carpet  and 
of  boughs,  and  stove,  we  were  ve  1  'Ja  SaH«  L""'""'""  '''  '''^^^^'  ^"^  ''''^^  ^  ^^^ 
iron  affairs,  with  two  hole.s  on  top  an ^a  drum  to  halo  in  Ti  ""'^  ''T^'''''  i^fje-  'it"«  ''^eet- 
the  meanest,  knottiest,  scrubbiest  wood  I  exx'r  saw  tl  ;  t ?^1  ^♦•"'*'?^  "  '°  '""  «^  pitch-ifs 
you  turn  your  back  on  it  for  a  mil  ute  T^e  wa^erTvi  .J^  hre  >urns  up  and  goes  out  if 
be  thawed.     If  a„y  one  w,.nted  a  "ir  „k  a  Hni   1  o   i  „  i    hI  '?'  ?'^  '""'*''  °''  '"^e-  ^"'l  h«d  to 

' '  The  stores-  tliat  were  kept  in   the  o  che  tn  inti'^'n  ^"'  '^« '''''^^^•^d  a^^d  cooled  again, 
frozen,  of  course,  and  Jmd  to  he  tl    wed  out  I  efo  e  beW  nnT  f"""'?,  "'.?  ^'^^  ""'"^'^'^  "'^'e 
keep  from   freezing  we   had   to  kee,   wnr        „  A^^^  The  things  we  wanted  to 

pagne  were  sent  us  for  Christn.as.  a.'ui  l^d  toV^'ep'^  ^  ;^Z^^^^,^^ 

and  fI!zT:zi  s,  ;I^' iJst^te;^:  :^£!^t^^:s^- .  ^^  ''^V'-^^"^  --*  -« 

We  had  a  nice  roast  for  our  Now  Ye,r  dinne     «nd  fr.^i-  .  .  *  ^'^.f  ^^^^  .sent  across  tlie  pass. 
ins,  as  well  as  tne  umuiI  canned  veget Thles  '  ^^^'  ™'"'=''  P'®  '*"d  nuts  and  rais- 

but  how  I  did  long  for  a  raw  ?ot  .t  ,e-a  "vthin?1r^  »^A  '^  "^'^  T'^tf  ^^."S'^  *«  "^'^ke  yeast, 
at  the  mines.  I  had  nine  to  lunc  c on  w^th  me  H.p.I  If  ^t'*"^"  '  .^^^  ^''^°''  ^^''^  f""-  ^'«i'ors 
one  time  it  was  so  that  strange  s  would  com"  a"<^^'it™  ''''''"  '**i.^**'^^'*"  ^o  eat  off,  and 
and  holt  will)  if.     We  had  -some  nn^^u^JilZ    ,        eat— oven  come  and  take  any  food  in  sight 

always  passing  thnn.^lltttd ',^^^71^,' 1^^^'  Zlter^'  "''''^  '''''  "•^•'^-  '«■•  P'^opl-Sre 

sound  ^r^^^tl:^:!:\^'^^^':^^J^;ri^^^^^^  one  going  there  wi.h 

gets  very  hot.  anu  the  mosquitoes  a, e  awful.         "'^'"^'^thj .    It  ,s  .lamp,  the  water  is  bad,  it 


DAWSON  NOT  (JUIET  NOW. 

one  niglSTufli^t^Lf  is"  Ud  thaf^^^,;];^;!:;,;!!^;"!^!:;-  between  , hem  and  Dawsm  in 
covered  with  nnul  to  the  waist.     Da«^"on  n  a v  have  ^Ln T^^^^^  H'^^  '^'^&''''  ^  ^^''^^ 

through    t  it  was  in  such  a  rowdv  state  that  it  was  in  nn.^^^^  city  once,  but  when  I  came 

I  had  to  have  them  sent  to  mo.'  Men  a  d  womeV  t^^^^^^^  ^""'^  T^°  ^9  *°  '"^  "^^^^^^  ="'d 
were  carousing  continually.  The  peo  .le  ^Tl  o  fX^.  T  m'^T  """"'^  ""'''  "'O™'-'"  t'-i'^'- 
nig,  hard-working  minors,' are  amingYhe  worst  m^ll^eie"  ""^"  ""'  "'"  ^*'"'^'  '''^'^>  ■«^- 

nan.a.  illr'i^i^^^rJlli^/rrioS.'Stff;:,'  "Z^^^i^''",  ?-  'T^^^^'-  On  the  B. 
I  was  sorry  to  leave  iier  wl>en  1  canie  awiy         '■'omAn-m^,  Galvm,  of  Helena,  Mont.,  and 

did.  i;  ^^^'•;:.^.^;  i^:t:^:iz  'S:nc^:z;.^rv^'' '  '^^ ,  *"^  ^^i-^--  ^  -any 

when  Mr.  15oy<e  goos  hack  in  the  spr  ,  g     He  win  onh-  .-Jf/'*'^  "'''■^^'  '""l  '""''>^'- '"  ^-''^^'o 
stay  down  here  and  spend  the  mon'ev  li.en  L  U'Lgs  it  m-t  •'      '''""^' '"  ^^"  '''"*''"  '^""«      ^'^ 
Excels!.!;^^:^nr^"I,anv  wSen  "Tlelr  f '"^  ^'^ ,-«"'"^  "''o  are  determined  to  go.     The 
keeping.     They  colVd'ev-.^^^^L^i'^gok  "wi      uS'^'^^ 
could  not  if  the  dirt  would  go  .s;ilO  to  the  i  ,n  •      u?^     delicate  hands  on  a  pinch  :  and  who 


\t  water  on  the  ice,  and 

r.and  I  had   to  stand 

iadat«o-roo.iihou8e 

„te"'"^««=a'l'etand 

teded,  and  with  a  bed 

fow,   long,  jittle  t-heet- 

>  so  full  of  intch-Tt-s 

If  "P  and  goes  out  if 

how  or  ice.  and  had  to 

(eland  cooled  again.  "" 

■e  things  we  wanted  to 
^s  and  a  case  of  chani- 
>Pd  to  save  them  from 

'  liad  fresh  meat  now 
3  sent  acros.s  tlie  pass 
>ie  and  nuts  and  rais- 

f  them  how  to  make 
.«"«'' to  make  veast 

Kibletoeat  oiF,  and 
ke  any  food  in  sight, 
iglit,  lor  people  we/e 

one  going  there  with 
|>,  the  water  is  bad,  it 


iJiem  and  Dawsm  in 
K  knee  length,  I  was 

e-  but  when  I  came 
ro  to  my  meals,  and 

'ty  women  tli.Tc— 
liegood,  steadv-gi,. 

tJelena,  Mont.,  and 

experience  I  ivallr 
:  uiother  in  Fresno 
fall  after  this     ni 

"Mined  to  go.     T|,e 

ewntingtobouse- 
i  l»'«Hh  ;  ami  who 
'vomen  seem  to  be 

lown    young  San 


27 

Forty  Mile  City,  June  13.  Iso;. 

Tiie  trip  was  an  interesting  one.  but  very  dangerous.  Many  men  lost  their  Ixt.its  and 
everything  tliey  had.  and  there  are  rumors  of  men  liaving  been  drowntil,  Shorily  after 
It  Hving  Lake  Liiborge  we  came  upon  a  party  who  had  just  rescin-d  two  young  fellows  from 
rocks  in  the  middle  of  the  rajiids.  They  could  not  s:ive  their  outfit  or  their  demolishei.  boat, 
and  all  they  bad  went  down  the  river  with  the  rushing  Hood  One  of  the  young  men  had 
everything"  but  his  shirt  stripped  from  bim  by  the  swirl.  We  took  bun  in  ( barge  uud  landed 
him  at  Klondike. 

The  big  canyon  between  Mud  Lake  and  Lake  Laborge  is  a  grand  and  impressive  place. 
The  river  aliove  is  a  quarter  of  a  mile  wide,  but  in  the  canyon  it  miriows  to  tifty  feet.  The 
walla  rise  on  either  side,  sheer  and  smooth,  full  seventy-live  feel.  Itown  rushes  the  water 
with  a  frightful  roar,  rolling  the  wavtrs  at  least  ten  feet  bi;^b.  Like  everybody  else,  we 
wont  down  ahead  to  take  a  loak  before  shooting  these  rapids.  I'rom  the  dilT  view  the  task 
seems  impo.s?ible,  but  there  is  no  other  way,  and  shoot  you  must.  So,  with  Wilson  at  the 
oars  to  bold  lier  straight,  1  took  the  steering  paddle,  and  we  nnide  for  the  mouth  of  the 
gorge. 

It  was  all  over  in  al)out  thirty  f.econds.  We  were  througii  in  safety.  b"t  it  was  the 
most  hair-raising  thirty  seconds  I  ever  e.\])erienced.  There  \>as  <|iiite  eii'iugh  thrill  in  it  for 
a  lifetime.  Over  the  terrifying  roar  of  the  water  we  could  faintly  hear  the  ciieer  put  up  by 
the  undecided  hundred  or  more  men  who  line!  tlie  clitTs  above  us.  l  p  came  the  icec(da 
water  against  us  in  tubfuls.  We  were  wet  through.  So  was  everything  else  in  the  boat,  and 
the  boat  itself  half  full  of  water.     Hut  wo  were  soon  billed  and  dried— and  safe. 

Then  we  went  on  to  the  White  House  Ha])i(ls.  and  here  we  let  our  boat  through  with 
long  ropes.  Two  daj-s  later  we  shot  the  Five  Finger  K  .piils  and  the  Hink  Rapids  without 
anj-  trouble.  The  last  four  days  of  the  trip  we  tixeil  up  our  stove  in  tiic  boat,  aid  only  went 
ashore  twice  for  wo;jil.  The  moMiuitoes  on  the  shore  are  numbered  l>y  the  million,  and  are 
fierce  as  bull  terriers,  but  in  the  n  iddle  of  tbn  river  they  troubled  us  but  little. 

The  sun  sinks  oi;t  of  sight  now  about  10::j((  I*.  M..  iind  comes  out  again  about  !!  A.  M. 
About  midnigbt,  however,  it  is  almost  as  light  as  n(;onday.  There  is  no  irght.  At  Dawson 
there  is  a  little  sawmill  and  rough  linuses  going  up  in  all  dirertions.  but  for  the  nu  si  j)art  it 
is  a  city  of  tents.  On  the  shore  of  the  river  are  hundreds  of  buats,  and  others  are  getting 
on  every  day. 

The  Klondike  has  not  been  one  particle  overrated.  I  have  seen  gol  1  measure!  by  the 
bucketful.  Just  think  of  a  man  taking  ."JbOO  out  of  one  pan  of  dirt.  Mrs.  Wil>on  pi'Mied  out 
^l.")!  out  of  one  jian  in  one  of  the  mine-  I  am  to  t  ike  cliarge  of.  This,  without  doul)t,  is  the 
richest  gold  strike  the  world  liaf  ever  known. 

Of  course,  all  the  claims  in  the  Klondike  di-ttrict  are  taken  up  now,  and  there  are  hun- 
dreds of  men  who  own  claims  valu"(l  from  Jj.'iOjOiM)  t  >  f  l.OOQ.OOO,  Hut  with  all  these  iren  in 
the  Country  many  miles  of  new  ground  will  ])"  jirospected,  and  from  the  lay  of  the  country 
I  think  other  gold  lields  are  certain  to  be  located.  Eouau  Mizser. 

inFTEEN   IIUXDKED  EXitAciE   I'ASSACiE. 

As  near  as  can  1)"  estiniatel,  passa,v,e  has  been  engagetl  for  about  fifteen  bundiod  p;>r- 
sons  on  sle."  -leis  ile]iaiting  for  Alaskan  jioiiiis  b  iweeii  now  and  Aii>;iisl  T.  This  is  nearly 
as  many  as  can  be  carried,  and  at  tie'  rate  gold  seekeis  biive  lieen  coining  since  Jloliday 
tbero  will  be  many  v.lio  cannot  secure  pasSige  in  time  to  reach  l\londil;e  before  Alaska  is 
frozen,  unless  an  additional  numb  'r  of  big  m  s.sels  are  jilaced  on  that  route. 

S.  a'tle  is  hiving  all  shf  c.  11  <lo  to  care  for  tile  gol  I  bunt  is.  Her  supplies  of  suitable 
outfits  is  running  low.  (.»f  (general  lood  arii(;los  she  has  .'in  iibuiulance,  but  llio  clotbing 
stock  is  bcin.;  most  seriously  djdited.  Tliero  is  an  especial  scarcity  of  blankets  and  furs, 
while  go  111  !ul)ber  buots  are  non  ■  too  plenty. 

A  loan  company  in  tbi,,  eity  reeeived  a  letter  from  J.  L.  .Tenet,  who  covere  I  his  home 
with  a  big  moit.s;ago  in  order  to  get  to  the  Klondike,  in  whicli  tbi'  writer  sii\  s  :    "I  am  se;:d- 


Il  ft' 


IIUTHKK    IIEI'UKTS   AliOLT  TlIK    IMMKXSK    YIKLU  Ul'   TIIK    IIi;i,I). 

Seattle,  Wash.,  July  •,",'— Ten  thousiiml  pt-opUi  visited  the  wiiter  front  t(  .ly.  to  tee 
the  steamer  l\)rt'iinii  iind  tlie  ,a(lventurois  who  lioj.e  to  inako  forluiie-i  in  the  ^n.d  lieki  i  f 
tlio  famous  KluiKlike. 

It  seeuud  tliat  as  if  s>mo  threat  iioiiuay  \\as  at  iiiinil,  hut  in  ihe  ni.dst  el  the  ex<  ''ement 
there  was  ^oiiielhiiig  of  sulne.-n. 

Tlie  steaner  wjissehi  ihileil  to  sail  at  noon,  I  ut  il  was  1.5,")  before  the  hist  li  le  v  as  axst 
olV.  and  the  iii^  black  hulk,  with  its  load  of  !-"<  I'Ji.-.seiigers  ancl  l.OCU  ton.s  of  ;,eueial  nier- 
chai.diso  backetl  s'owly  out  into  the  smootii  \i  ater  td  ilio  biiy,  ai.d  linuid  In '•  iicse  to  the 
far  north. 

There  was  liardiy  a  cheer  from  the  bij^crowilon  the  whaif.  Molliers,  wives  and  sii-ters 
turnfd  silently  away,  and  in  m my  instiUKe-,  tears  trickk'd  ilown  ilieir  ihetks.  Ou  the 
steanier  itself  there  w. is  more  life,  ai.d  one  s:iiall  crowd  i  f  hardy  young  fellows,  who  ^tO(xl 
near  the  sfalV,  from  which  floated  the  Stars  ;ind  Striies,  commenced  singing  '•Got)d-Bye,  My 
Love,  ( io(id-Uye." 

The  most  conspicuous  figure  on  the  ileck  was  that  of  .John  JlctJriiw,  former  tiovernor 
of  Washington.  He  stood  six  f'-et,  towering  like  a  gant  above  his  little  son  Tom,  a  meie 
lad,  who  ai  <'ouiii:inies  him  to  lie  fai'-olf  laml  of  promi.-e,  h^'pirg  to  assi.-l  in  rebuilding  .-i  lo.-,t 
foitunc.     The  Governor's  wife — brave  woman  that  she  is — stood  id  her  hu-band's  side. 

Hardly  less  conspicuous  was  (ieti.  I]  .M.  C'.irr,  (  f  the  National  trUiUils  of  Washingt  n. 
Tall,  ma-sive  of  foimnnd  haiulsomi- of  IVatiire,  ho  l'ors;ikes  ilii'  life  of  the  citj^  and  buries 
himself  in  the  land  that  will  sc  on  Ic  locked  in  ihe  arms  of  i  -e  and  sr.ow. 

Captain  A.  J.  H  illitt,  Inother  of  l'riiic(.4on's  most  famous  fcolball  pluytr,  stood  on  the 
lee  side  of  tha  sieamer.  He  was  i  nee  :  s  dear  to  the  hearts  of  Yale's  oarsmen  us  his  brother 
was  to  the  football  mm  of  I'riiueton. 

George  l-'olsom,  well-knou  n  in  Ho-i!on  society,  stai  <l^  next  to  the  mighty  Hallitt; 
George  Hyde  Prestiii,  one  of  Seattle's  m  st  j  rominent  attoi  ne.>  s.  is  near  at  hand. 

Mail  I'arrier  Jack  t'air  and  .John  Scoir,  a  piaciical  printer,  are  taking  a  comphte 
outfit  for  punting  a  nowspaixr.  It  will  be  calkd  the  Ytiknn  yinjij'  t,  and  will  sell  for  filiy 
cents  a  copy. 

(.'hief  t  f  Police  Reed  has  told  Mayor  Wood  that  unless  su  ps  are  taken  to  kei  p  police- 
men from  gomg  to  Alaska  the  foice  \w)u!d  lio  coniik'iely  wreckid.  He  advised  a  special 
meeii.ig  of  the  City  Council  foe  the  purpose  of  )ia.-sing  an  oidinanco  increasing  all  salaiics. 
Chief  Kced  says  that  even  if  the  salarii  s  are  raise, 1  he  will  not  he  able  to  hold  all  the  men, 
but  he  lakis  this  step  to  [iievent  the  entire  wuck  of  the  force. 

Among  the  brave  Argi)uauls  are  si.\  wouu  11  and  one  little  girl.  They  are  cheerful 
and  eager  to  bo  going. 

Will  they  come  back  (  r  will  that  little  girl  be  lai.l  to  rest  in  a  grave  of  snow  !;nd  u  e'; 

The  thought  brought  to  mii.d  how  I'rof.  T.  S.  Li|)py,  who  came  back  from  tin'  Klon- 
dike with  §(>.'), UUO,  left  his  baby's  grave  us  a  monument  to  the  fortune  he  look  fioiii  tlie 
shifting  sands. 

Suddiiily  a  man  clad  In  blue  mounts  the  bridge  and  cries  out  '•  Cast  (  If!'' 

There  is  a  rush  on  board,  n  surging  of  the  crowd  on  the  deck,  the  black  smoke  yours 


•'«co    an.l   lHMvi/i,s.,„, 

fc .'":.;;'!' -^''- and 

■"'^■"'■anc|,u..vtui,„er 


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f  tl.e  cuy  a,ul  buried 

j'l;iy.r.  stood  on  the 

t'll'^iny  a  com,,],  te 
'^^"1   «c.|J   iorii/,y 

'■:;'!  ^.'-"kp'l'  poiiee. 
'*'  '"'■^"•''  a   ■•i.tri,,) 
r"""K  all   .s;du,i 's 
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d'  tliom." 

and  the  river  steam- 
aloii);si(li'   anil  com- 


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from  till?  Htack.  ami  then  the  f.teamer.whieli  lunulrojR  hone  ^^ill  lany  u'uhlt  ii  tieatiiire  cii  her 
retur.i,  was  nmler  way.  As  tlie  steamer  turns  a  flock  of  iloves  eiri'led  near,  hidding  her 
(lod.-|i''eil. 

The  crowd  went  slowlj*  from  tiie  dock,  iind  many  said: 

"  I  hope  they  will  succeed,  hut  I  I'e.ir  it  will  he  a  failure  for  most 

When  the  I'orlhind  reaches  St.  Mich.'iel's  she  will  anchor  outside, 
ersowned  iiy  tlie  Nurih  American  Transportalion  ('ompany  will  come 
inence  laUinL;  on  ]):issen};ers  atiil  pruvis'ous. 

This  iratisporlation  company  will  land  seven  thuiisand  tons  of  food  at  the  Klondike 
this  year. 

To-iiiKht  the  tenni-s  ball,  tlie  K^eat  nnnuai  society  event  of  the  Northwest,  take.s  place, 
hut  the  c  numittee  has  been  cniisiderinj;  tl.e  ad  .isability  ftf  uhandonin;;  it.  At  least  leii 
society  1)  adeis  left  to-d  ly,  and  fifteen  iitheri  are  so  busy  prcparimr  to  take  the  next  boat 
lliat  Ihi'v  icfine  to  attend 

T.U'iMA.  Wash..  July  22 — Warren  Shei,  of  New  Wliatcnm.  mie  of  the  low«r  I'lijiet 
Souf.il  I'lwn-i.  send>  I  hi'  m  s'  in  irv.  lulls  news  yet  rt'ciivcd  from  the  Klondike.     She  i  «  rites 

to  his  brothel .  S   S.  .Slea.  of  Xiw  Whati i.  that  the  new  lio.it    lli:il    conns   lack   from    the 

Klon'like  cdiiniiy  will  briii}:;  >;old  out  in  (ish  i):irrels.  holding,'  alxjiit  twcnty-lwo  g  dlons  each. 

"  Two  days  afti'v  till"  ia>i  b.nt  left.*'  miner  Shea  writes,  "mie  nf  the  stores  was  e!o;<e(l 
fur  the  puipo  e  of  idili/in^  it  as  a  waieliouse  for  shipping  irold  du--t  and  midgets.  So  great 
was  the  i|naidiiy  oT  ^cld  i  Ifcied  for  shipment  that  it  was  d.'cided  to  ship  it  in  birrel--." 

Shea  di'-icrib's  l!ie  s 'eni' as  most  interestiri;^'.  'I'he  miner-s  i;allu>iel  about  and  specu- 
lated oa  llie  actual  value  of  their  jars,  car  a  ;md  sacks  ol'  j.;o!.l.  and  told  what,  ihey  would  do 
with  their  moiu'V  when  tlicy  got  bick  to  ci\  ilization.  I\[any  gambled  and  spent  tiieir  money 
lavishly  fir  trinkets  :ind  triiles.  paying  i?I(i  for  a  pipe  thiU  coulil  be  purchased  in  any  tobacco 
store  in  this  c  aiiiiry  for  less  th  m  'S>  <  eais. 

She. I  Ti'port-i  increisiag  fiictiori  b  -iween  the  Americans  ard  Hritishers  because  of  the 
custom  dutirs.  which  are  to  be  stricily  imposed  hereafter,  and  becaus-' ll:e  Britishers  took 
adv.inlage  of  desirable  claims  when  the  Americ;ins  Muhed  iiitn  the  Klondike  country.  As 
the  jiopulation  iie-rea-es.  Shea  fears  nlood  will  he  spilled, 

S.\S  FiJANCisi.  II.  July  •.''2.— Th"  .Alaska  Commeical  Cjmpaiiy's  steaiiuM-  Iti-rtha  !irriv<d 
thi-i  morning  from  (Tnala^ka.  Only  four  i>assengi  rs  cante  down  from  the  north  coast,  aiitl 
none  was  from  the  Klo-niike,  L'naiask  i  had  the  gold  fever  when  tliey  1  ft  jn^t  sis  bidly  as 
the  other  places  along  the  Alaskan  shia'c.     (Jimlaska  is  almo-t  deserted,  except  by  Indians, 

The  Mertha  brings  advices  that  will  not  encourage  the  miner-of-the-moment.  thougli 
tliey  will  not  discourage  eld-time  pan  and  pick  handlers.  Every  claim  within  milts  of  the 
Klondike  is  taken  up,  and  nearly  live  thousand  people  are  at  the  new  diggings.  Those  who 
got  in  late  have  gone  furthei  to  the  northeast  of  the  Klondike,  looking  for  new  loca'iotis.  and 
the  matter  of  hunting  gold  in  Alaska  h-as  resolved  itself  into  a  hunt  for  the  mother  lole  and 
newp)cket8.  The  Daw.son  region  was  still  paying  big,  according  to  the  latest  news  from 
tliat  district,  but  mining  jiarties  have  struck  out  northwest  and  southwest. 

"People  who  go  north  should  be  pr .'pared  to  camp  there  a  year  or  more."  said  the  mate 
of  tlie  Bertha.  "They  cannot  expect  to  strike  it  rich  the  first  day  after  landing,  though 
there  are  many  who  niay  prove  lucky  in  this  respect. 

•There  lire  a  great  many  penniless  miners  in  Alaska  to-day.     They  would  make  any 
sacrifice,  and  promise  anything  to  get  out  of  the  country." 

The  F^xcelsior  will  take  200  people  northward  July  28.  Of  course  eight  are  women, 
including  four  Sisters  of  Merc.v. 

TUENTOS,  July  22. — George  Shick.  a  well-known  stock  broker  of  this  city,  has  received 
a  letter  from  the  Klondike  p'acer  gold  fields  of  Alaska,  dated  June  7,  from  Circle  City. 

The  letter  tells  of  new  regions  which  have  been  discovered,  and  says  that  not  less  than 
f4  worth  of  gold  dust  is  scoopad  up  with  every  sliovelful  of  dirt.  Wages  of  miners  are  not 
less  than  $12  a  day.  and  a  man  can  get  his  provisions  and  sustenance,  says  t!ie  letter,  for  !ji2. 
"There  is  no  doubt,"  it  concludes,  "that  the  veins  of  gold  are  only  partly  uncovered." 


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We  will  receive  fwll  and  exact  reports  from  our 
correspondents  now  well  on  their  way  to  the  mines, 
which  will  be  published  from  time  to  time,  and  added 
to  future  editions  of  the   book. 


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iTHF.    GREATEST    COLD    DISTRICT     ON    EARTH  I" 

THE   YUKON^RIBOO 
BRITISH  COLUMBIA 
GOLD  MINING 

DEVELOPMENT^OMPANY. 

Capital  S5,(X)0,()00,  Shares  »1  eacli 


PULL    PAID.       NON-ASSESSABLE. 


J. 


EDWARfJ    AI3DICKS.     I-re«icieru, 

Clayriionf,  Delaware. 
E.  P.  J.  GAYNOR,  Treasurer.  CHARLES  H    KITTINOER 

Auditor,  Manhattan  Uy  Co.,  «r  «;...  i  x^     .-    . 

'  ^"-l  66  Broadway,  New  York  City, 

New  York  C.ty.  pia,ri.on  Building.  Pl.iladelpUia 

J.     EDWARD   ADDICKS, 

HARRISON    BUILDIMO,        ok  MANHATTAN    BUILDING, 

iSOfl  Market  Street,  PBILADELPflli     66Broadwjy,  SEW  YORK  CITY 


ON    EARTH!" 


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■esiderit, 

r.  KITTINGER, 

Iway,  New  York  City, 
•n  Riiilding,  Pliiladelpliia 

Gold  Fields  of  British 
:  District  at  the  head- 
i  offered  to  the  public 
ng  parties  in  the  Gold 
or  successful  discovery 
irnished,  and  subscrip- 

)KS, 

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